Mark 14:30. That thou, emphatic, ‘even thou.'

The detailed form of this saying, together with Mark's relation to Peter, suggests that this is the exact form in which it was uttered. Peter afterwards (Mark 14:72), and doubtless always called to mind this saying.

Today. During the twenty-four hours, beginning at sundown.

This night. The prediction becomes more specific.

Before the cock crow twice. Before the usual time of the second cock-crowing, about three o'clock in the morning. This was usually called ‘cock-crowing' (Mark 13:35).

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Old Testament