Mark 14:66-72
Peter’s Denials
66 While Peter was down below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came,(A)
Peter’s Denials
67 and when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked intently at him and said, “You were with Jesus the Nazarene, too.”
Peter’s Denials
68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” Then he went out [of the courtyard] to the porch, (a)[and a rooster crowed.]
Peter’s Denials
69 The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to tell the bystanders, “This [man] is one of them.”
Peter’s Denials
70 But again he denied it. After a little while, the bystanders again said to Peter, “You are in fact one of them, for [it is clear from your accent, that] you are a Galilean, too.”
Peter’s Denials
71 But he began to (b)invoke a curse [on himself] and to swear [an oath], “I do not know this man you are talking about!”
Peter’s Denials
Footnotes:
a.
Mark 14:68: Later mss add this clause.
b.
Mark 14:71: In Judaism such a curse took the form of “May I always be afflicted if I am not being truthful,” or “May I bury my son if...,” or “May I never see the comfort of Zion and Jerusalem if...,” etc. (as found in the Talmud).