Matthew 26:69
Peter’s Denials Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said,“You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”
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- Matt 26:71 : 71 When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there,“This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”
- Mark 14:66-72 : 66 Peter’s Denials Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls came by. 67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said,“You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.” 68 But he denied it:“I don’t even understand what you’re talking about!” Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed. 69 When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders,“This man is one of them.” 70 But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter,“You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean.” 71 Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know this man you are talking about!” 72 Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him:“Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
- Luke 22:55-62 : 55 When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. 56 Then a slave girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said,“This man was with him too!” 57 But Peter denied it:“Woman, I don’t know him!” 58 Then a little later someone else saw him and said,“You are one of them too.” But Peter said,“Man, I am not!” 59 And after about an hour still another insisted,“Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.” 60 But Peter said,“Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. 61 Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him,“Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” 62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.
- John 1:46 : 46 Nathanael replied,“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied,“Come and see.”
- John 7:41 : 41 Others said,“This is the Christ!” But still others said,“No, for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he?
- John 7:52 : 52 They replied,“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!”
- John 18:16-18 : 16 But Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside. 17 The girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter,“You’re not one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” He replied,“I am not.” 18 (Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)
- John 18:25-27 : 25 Peter’s Second and Third Denials Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself. They said to him,“You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” Peter denied it:“I am not!” 26 One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said,“Did I not see you in the orchard with him?” 27 Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
- Acts 5:37 : 37 After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, and incited people to follow him in revolt. He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.
- 2 Pet 2:7-9 : 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men, 8 (for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) 9 – if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
- 1 Kgs 19:9 : 9 He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the LORD’s message came to him,“Why are you here, Elijah?”
- 1 Kgs 19:13 : 13 When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden a voice asked him,“Why are you here, Elijah?”
- Ps 1:1 : 1 ¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
- Matt 2:22-23 : 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee. 23 He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.
- Matt 21:11 : 11 And the crowds were saying,“This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”
- Matt 26:3 : 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
- Matt 26:58 : 58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.
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- Mark 14:66-727 verses85%
66 Peter’s Denials Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls came by.
67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said,“You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”
68 But he denied it:“I don’t even understand what you’re talking about!” Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.
69 When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders,“This man is one of them.”
70 But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter,“You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean.”
71 Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know this man you are talking about!”
72 Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him:“Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
- Matt 26:70-756 verses85%
70 But he denied it in front of them all:“I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
71 When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there,“This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”
72 He denied it again with an oath,“I do not know the man!”
73 After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said,“You really are one of them too– even your accent gives you away!”
74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed.
75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said:“Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
- Luke 22:54-629 verses80%
54 Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance.
55 When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
56 Then a slave girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said,“This man was with him too!”
57 But Peter denied it:“Woman, I don’t know him!”
58 Then a little later someone else saw him and said,“You are one of them too.” But Peter said,“Man, I am not!”
59 And after about an hour still another insisted,“Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.”
60 But Peter said,“Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
61 Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him,“Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”
62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.
- John 18:15-184 verses79%
15 Peter’s First Denial Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas.(Now the other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.)
16 But Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside.
17 The girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter,“You’re not one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” He replied,“I am not.”
18 (Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)
- John 18:25-273 verses78%
25 Peter’s Second and Third Denials Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself. They said to him,“You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” Peter denied it:“I am not!”
26 One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said,“Did I not see you in the orchard with him?”
27 Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
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58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.
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33 Peter said to him,“If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!”
34 Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
35 Peter said to him,“Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said the same thing.
- Luke 22:33-342 verses75%
33 But Peter said to him,“Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”
34 Jesus replied,“I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me.”
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68 saying,“Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who hit you?”
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54 And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire.
- Mark 14:29-313 verses73%
29 Peter said to him,“Even if they all fall away, I will not!”
30 Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, today– this very night– before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”
31 But Peter insisted emphatically,“Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.
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38 Jesus answered,“Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!
- Acts 12:14-163 verses69%
14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told them that Peter was standing at the gate.
15 But they said to her,“You’ve lost your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying,“It is his angel!”
16 Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished.
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66 When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council
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18 At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.
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55 At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.
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20 Then he said to them,“But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered,“The Christ of God.”
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29 He asked them,“But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him,“You are the Christ.”
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7 But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”