Mark 14:69-72
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 (a)invoke a curse [on himself] and to swear [an oath], “I do not know this man you are talking about!”
Peter’s Denials
Footnotes:
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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).