Mark 14:72 meaning and explanation

And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

Mark 14:72, Berean Standard Bible

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Peter, one of Jesus' closest disciples, has just denied three times that he knows Jesus, exactly as Jesus predicted at the supper. The second crowing of the rooster triggers his memory, and the confident vow he made, that he would never deny Jesus even if he had to die, collapses in an instant.

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