New International Version
Luke 22:34
34Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”
Luke 22:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)But Jesus said, “Peter, let me tell you something. Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
Context of Luke 22:34
32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” 33But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.” Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.” 35Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered. 36He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
Read all of Luke 22Luke 22:34 word by word
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· λέγω σοι, Πέτρε, οὐ φωνήσει σήμερον ἀλέκτωρ ἕως τρίς με ἀπαρνήσῃ εἰδέναι.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- he saidὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- I tellλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- theeσύsu · youG4771
- PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
- the cockἀλέκτωρalektōr · roosterG220
- shallφωνέωphōneō · to callG5455
- notοὐou · noG3756
- notμήmē · notG3361
- this dayσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594
- beforeπρίνprin · beforeG4250
- thatἤē · orG2228
- thou shaltἀπαρνέομαιaparneomai · to denyG533
- thriceτρίςtris · three timesG5151
- that thou knowestεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
Cross-references for Luke 22:34
- Matthew 26:34“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”
- Mark 14:30“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times.”
- John 13:38Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!
- John 18:27Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.
Commentaries on Luke 22:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34The cock shall not crow this day - Matthew 26:34, and Mark 14:30, say, this night; both expressions are right, because the Jewish day, of twenty-four hours, began with the evening, and ended at the evening of the following day. On Peter's denial, see the notes on Matthew 26:31-35; (note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-38Verses 21-38 How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest, to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself to the death of the cross! In the way to eternal happiness, we must expect to be assaulted and sifted by Satan. If he cannot destroy, he will try to disgrace or distress us. Nothing more certainly forebodes a fall, in a professed follower of Christ, than self-confidence, with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34On Thursday evening, Jesus said that Peter would deny him before the rooster crows tomorrow morning (literally a rooster will not crow today until). This does not contradict Mark’s account: "this very night, before the rooster crows twice" (Mark 14:30). The Gospels of Luke and Matthew provide a more general account, and in Jewish tradition, the next day begins at sunset.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3431-34. Simon, Simon--(See on Lu 10:41). desired to have--rather, "hath obtained you," properly "asked and obtained"; alluding to Job (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-6), whom he solicited and obtained that he might sift him as wheat, insinuating as "the accuser of the brethren" (Re 12:10), that he would find chaff enough in his religion, if indeed there was any wheat at all. you--not Peter only, but them all.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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