John 18:27

New American Standard Bible (1995)

Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Peter denied it again. Immediately a rooster crowed.

King James Version (1611)
Peter then denied againe, and immediatly the cocke crew.

King James Version
Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.

English Standard Version
Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.

New American Standard Bible
Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

New Century Version
Again Peter said it wasn't true. At once a rooster crowed.

Amplified Bible
So Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Legacy Standard Bible
Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Berean Standard Bible
Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Contemporary English Version
Once more Peter denied it, and right then a rooster crowed.

Complete Jewish Bible
So again Kefa denied it, and instantly a rooster crowed.

Darby Translation
Peter denied therefore again, and immediately [the] cock crew.

Easy-to-Read Version
But again Peter said, "No, I was not with him!" As soon as he said this, a rooster crowed.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Peter then denied againe, and immediatly the cocke crewe.

George Lamsa Translation
Simon again denied; and at that very hour the cock crew.

Good News Translation
Again Peter said "No"—and at once a rooster crowed.

Lexham English Bible
So Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Literal Translation
Then again Peter denied, and immediately a cock crowed.

American Standard Version
Peter therefore denied again: and straightway the cock crew.

Bible in Basic English
Then again Peter said, No. And straight away a cock gave its cry.

Hebrew Names Version
Kefa therefore denied again, and immediately the rooster crowed.

International Standard Version
Peter again denied it, and immediately a rooster crowed.Matthew 26:74; Mark 14:72; Luke 22:60; John 13:38;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And again Shemun denied. And in the same hour the cock crowed.

Murdock Translation
And again Simon denied: and at that moment the cock crew.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Peter therefore denyed againe: And immediatly the Cocke crewe.

English Revised Version
Peter therefore denied again: and straightway the cock crew.

World English Bible
Peter therefore denied again, and immediately the rooster crowed.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Peter denied again, and immediately the cock crew.

Weymouth's New Testament
Once more Peter denied it, and immediately a cock crowed.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Petre eftsoone denyede, and anoon the cok crew.

Update Bible Version
Peter therefore denied again: and right away the rooster crowed.

Webster's Bible Translation
Peter then denied again, and immediately the cock crowed.

New English Translation
Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

New King James Version
Peter then denied again; and immediately a rooster crowed.

New Living Translation
Again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed.

New Life Bible
Again Peter lied and said he did not know Jesus. At once a rooster crowed.

New Revised Standard
Again Peter denied it, and at that moment the cock crowed.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Again, therefore, Peter denied. And, straightway, a cock crew.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Again therefore Peter denied: and immediately the cock crew.

Revised Standard Version
Peter again denied it; and at once the cock crowed.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Peter denyed it agayne: and immediatly the cocke crewe.

Young's Literal Translation
again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Peter denyed agayne. And immediatly the cock crew.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but Peter denied this too, and immediately the cock crew.

THE MESSAGE
Again, Peter denied it. Just then a rooster crowed.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Pete denied knowing Jesus a third time. At that moment, a rooster began to crow.

Contextual Overview

¹³ and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. ¹⁴ Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people. ¹⁵ Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest, ¹⁶ but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in. ¹⁷ Then the slave-girl who kept the door said to Peter, "You are not also one of this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not." ¹⁸ Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself. ¹⁹ The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching. ²⁰ Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret. ²¹ "Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said." ²² When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus, saying, "Is that the way You answer the high priest?"

Bible Verse Review
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and: John 13:38, Matthew 26:34, Matthew 26:74, Matthew 26:75, Mark 14:30, Mark 14:68, Mark 14:71, Mark 14:72, Luke 22:34, Luke 22:60-62

Reciprocal: Matthew 26:73 - Surely Mark 14:70 - a little Luke 22:57 - he denied Luke 22:59 - confidently John 21:17 - the third

Cross-References

Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."

Genesis 18:1
Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.

Genesis 18:2
When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth,

Genesis 18:6
So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it and make bread cakes."

Genesis 18:8
He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate.

Genesis 18:30
Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

Genesis 18:32
Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the ten."

Ezra 9:6
and I said, "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.

Job 4:19
'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Peter then denied again,.... A third time, as the Ethiopic version renders it; and that, according to other evangelists, with cursing and swearing; for now he was more affrighted than before, lest should he be taken up, and it be proved upon him, that he was the person that cut off Malchus's ear, he should be sentenced to a fine, or it may be some capital punishment. The fine for plucking a man's ears, and which some understand of plucking them off, was four hundred "zuzim" s, or, pence; which, as they answer to Roman pence, amount to twelve pounds ten shillings; a sum of money Peter perhaps could not have raised, without great difficulty: and therefore, that it might be believed he was not a disciple of Christ, so not the man; he swears in a profane manner, and imprecates the judgments of God upon him:

and immediately the cock crew; the second time; which was a signal by which he might call to remembrance, what Christ had said to him; that before the cock crowed twice, he should deny him thrice,

Mark 14:72. It was now early in the morning, about three o'clock, or somewhat after.

s Misn. Bava Kama, c. 8, sect. 6. Vid. L'Empereur in ib.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 27. And - the cock crew. — Peter denied our Lord three times: -

Peter's first denial.

I. This took place, when he was without, or beneath, in the hall of Caiaphas's house. He was not in the higher part where Christ stood before the high priest; but without that division of the hall, and in the lower part with the servants and officers, at the fire kindled in the midst of the hall, John 18:16; John 18:18; and the girl who kept the door had entered into the hall, where she charged Peter.

Peter's second denial.

II. This was in a short time after the first, Luke 22:58. Having once denied his Master, he naturally retired from the place where his accuser was to the vestibule of the hall, Matthew 26:71, and it was the time of the first cock-crowing, or soon after midnight. After remaining here a short time, perhaps an hour, another girl sees him, and says to them who were standing by in the vestibule, that he was one of them. Peter, to avoid this charge, withdraws into the hall, and warms himself. The girl, and those to whom she had spoken, follow him; the communication between the two places being immediate. Here a man enforces the charge of the girl, according to Luke; and others urge it, according to St. John; and Peter denies Jesus vehemently.

Peter's third denial.

III. He was now in the hall, and also within sight of Jesus, though at such a distance from him that Jesus could not know what passed, but in a supernatural way. And, about an hour after his second denial, those who stood by founded a third charge against him, on his being a Galilean, which St. Luke says, Luke 22:59, one in particular strongly affirmed; and which, according to John, John 18:26, was supported by one of Malchus's relations. This occasioned a more vehement denial than before, and immediately the cock crew the second time, which is eminently called αλεκτοροφωνια. The first denial may have been between our twelve and one; and the second between our two and three.

At the time of the third denial, Luke 22:61 proves that Jesus was in the same room with Peter. We must farther observe that Matthew, Matthew 26:57, lays the scene of Peter's denials in the house of Caiaphas: whereas John, John 18:15-23, seems to intimate that these transactions took place in the house of Annas; but this difficulty arises from the injudicious insertion of the particle ουν, therefore, in John 18:24, which should be omitted, on the authority of ADES, Mt. BH, many others; besides some versions, and some of the primitive fathers. Griesbach has left it out of the text. See Bishop Newcome's Harm. notes, p. 48.

The time of Peter's denials happened during the space of the third Roman watch, or that division of the night, between twelve and three, which is called αλεκτοροφωνια, or cock-crowing, Mark 13:35. Concerning the nature and progress of Peter's denial, see the notes on Matthew 26:58; Matthew 26:69-75.