"But he began to curse and to swear, {saying}, I know not this man of whom ye speak." — Mark 14:71

Mark 14:71 · KJV

“But he began to curse and to swear, {saying}, I know not this man of whom ye speak.”

— Mark 14:71

And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art {one} of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth {thereto}.

Verse 72

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. {when...: or, he wept abundantly, or, he began to weep}

Mark 14 — Context

And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is {one} of them.

And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art {one} of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth {thereto}.

But he began to curse and to swear, {saying}, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart {is} deceitful above all {things}, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

2 Kings 8:12-15

And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

1 Corinthians 10:12

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

2 Kings 10:32

In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; {to cut: Heb. to cut off the ends}