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Matthew 26:73

Simon

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.”

72 And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”

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.

75 Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

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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
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.”
KJV
And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
WEB
After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, “Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.”
ASV
And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Of a truth thou also art [one] of them; for thy speech maketh thee known.
DARBY
And after a little, those who stood [there], coming to [him], said to Peter, Truly *thou* too art of them, for also thy speech makes thee manifest.
BLB
And after a little while, those standing by, having come, said to Peter, “Truly you are of them also, for even your speech makes you evident.”
ÅB
Men litt etter gikk de som sto der fram og sa til Peter: «Sannelig, du var også en av dem; aksenten din røper deg.»
OTB
Litt senere kom de som sto der bort til Peter og sa, “Sannelig, du er en av dem; dialekten din røper deg.”
B1930
Men litt efter gikk de frem som stod der, og sa til Peter: Sannelig, også du er en av dem; ditt mål røber dig.

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  • Judges 12:6

    they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.

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  • John 18:26–27

    One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”

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  • Luke 22:59–60

    About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”

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  • Nehemiah 13:24

    Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.

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