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Matthew 26:72

FearSin

70 But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”

71 When 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!”

73 After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”

74 At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”
KJV
And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
WEB
Again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man.”
ASV
And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man.
DARBY
And again he denied with an oath: I do not know the man.
BLB
And again he denied [it] with an oath: “I do not know the man.”
ÅB
Igjen nektet han for det og sverget: «Jeg kjenner ikke mannen.»
OTB
Og igjen nektet han det, og sverget: “Jeg kjenner ikke mannen.”
B1930
Og atter nektet han det med en ed: Jeg kjenner ikke det menneske.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 20:7

    You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

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  • Acts 5:3–4

    Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

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  • Isaiah 48:1

    “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—

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  • Matthew 26:74

    At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

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  • Zechariah 8:17

    do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.

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  • Zechariah 5:3–4

    Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.

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  • Matthew 5:34–36

    But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;

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  • Luke 22:34

    But 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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