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John 18:27 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. "
John 18:27
Verse in Context
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And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
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John 18:1
"When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples."
John 18:2
"And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples."
John 18:3
"Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons."
John 18:4
"Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?"
John 18:5
"They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them."
John 18:6
"As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground."
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