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Commentaries on Mark 14:72

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And the second time the cock crew,.... Immediately, as soon as he had so said and swore, as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions read, and as it is read in one of Beza's copies; which was about three of the clock in the morning, and is what is properly called the cock crowing: and Peter called to mind; upon hearing the cock crow a second time, the word that Jesus said unto him, before...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter begins the account which this evangelist gives of the death and sufferings of our Lord Jesus, which we are all concerned to be acquainted, not only with the history of, but with the mystery of. Here is, I. The plot of the chief priests and scribes against Christ, ver. 1, 2. II. The anointing of Christ's head at a supper in Bethany, two days before his death, ver. 3-9. III. The...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. This exposition consisted of readings from Mar_14:27-31; Mar_14:53-54; Mar_14:66-72; and Joh_18:15-18; Joh_18:25-27.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cockcrow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. He does not say that he went out, and wept bitterly, as Luke says in his version of the incident. This is Peter’s own account of...