Mark 14:26-31

14:26 After singing a hymn, ¹  they went out to the Mount of Olives.

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

14:27 Then ²  Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written,

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’ ³ 

14:28 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.” 14:29 Peter said to him, “Even if they all fall away, I will not!” 14:30 Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, ⁴  today – this very night – before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” 14:31 But Peter ⁵  insisted emphatically, ⁶  “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.

[14:26]  ¹ sn After singing a hymn. The Hallel Psalms (Pss 113-118) were sung during the meal. Psalms 113 and 114 were sung just before the second cup and 115-118 were sung at the end of the meal, after the fourth, or hallel cup.

[14:27]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:27]  ³ sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.

[14:30]  ⁴ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[14:31]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:31]  ⁶ tn Grk “said emphatically.”