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Peter Denies Jesus

Mark 14:68

In 9 translations

BSB
But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.NE and WH do not include and the rooster crowed.
KJV
But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
WEB
But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.
ASV
But he denied, saying, I neither know, nor understand what thou sayest: and he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
LSV
And he denied, saying, “I have not known [Him], neither do I understand what you say”; and he went forth outside to the porch, and a rooster crowed.
YLT
and he denied, saying, 'I have not known [him], neither do I understand what thou sayest;' and he went forth without to the porch, and a cock crew.
DBY
But he denied, saying, I know not nor understand what thou sayest. And he went out into the vestibule; and a cock crew.
DRC
But he denied, saying: I neither know nor understand what thou sayest. And he went forth before the court; and the cock crew.
GNV
But he denied it, saying, I knowe him not, neither wot I what thou saiest. Then he went out into the porche, and the cocke crewe.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὔτε (“Neither”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Οὐκ (“not”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὔτε (“nor even”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οὐδὲ (“nor”).
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ ἀλέκτωρ ἐφώνησεν (“and [the] rooster crowed”); Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place σὺ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: Οὔτε οἶδα οὔτε ἐπίσταμαι σὺ τί. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Οὔτε οἶδα οὔτε ἐπίσταμαι σὺ τί; Robinson–Pierpont read Οὐκ οἶδα οὐδὲ ἐπίσταμαι τί σὺ.
  • SBLGNT: καὶ ἀλέκτωρ ἐφώνησεν. Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ ἀλέκτωρ ἐφώνησεν; Westcott and Hort (1881), the Greek text behind the NIV omit this wording.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ δὲ ἠρνήσατο λέγων· Οὔτε οἶδα οὔτε ἐπίσταμαι σὺ τί λέγεις, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω εἰς τὸ προαύλιον καὶ ἀλέκτωρ ἐφώνησεν.
RP2018
Ὁ δὲ ἠρνήσατο, λέγων, Οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ ἐπίσταμαι τί σὺ λέγεις. Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω εἰς τὸ προαύλιον· καὶ ἀλέκτωρ ἐφώνησεν.
TR-Boyd
Ὁ δὲ ἠρνήσατο, λέγων, Οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ ἐπίσταμαι τί σὺ λέγεις. Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἔξω εἰς τὸ προαύλιον· καὶ ἀλέκτωρ ἐφώνησε.
SCR1894
ο δε ηρνησατο λεγων ουκ οιδα ουδε επισταμαι τι συ λεγεις και εξηλθεν εξω εις το προαυλιον και αλεκτωρ εφωνησεν

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  • Mark 14:29–31Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never will.” “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” But Peter kept insisting, “Even if I have to…
  • Matthew 26:71–72When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”
  • 2 Timothy 2:12–13if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us; if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
  • Mark 14:72And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
  • John 13:36–38“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.” “Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for…

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