Mark 14:71 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Mark 14:71

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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.

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}

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Mark 14:1

"After two days was {the feast of} the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put {him} to death."

Mark 14:2

"But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar of the people."

Mark 14:3

"And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured {it} on his head. {spikenard: or, pure nard, or, liquid nard}"

Mark 14:4

"And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?"

Mark 14:5

"For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her."

Mark 14:6

"And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me."

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