Mark 14:30-31

14:30 Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, ¹  today – this very night – before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” 14:31 But Peter ²  insisted emphatically, ³  “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.

Luke 22:34

22:34 Jesus replied, ⁴  “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow ⁵  today until you have denied ⁶  three times that you know me.”

John 13:38

13:38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? ⁷  I tell you the solemn truth, ⁸  the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

[14:30]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[14:31]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:31]  ³ tn Grk “said emphatically.”

[22:34]  ⁴ tn Grk “he said”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:34]  ⁵ sn That is, Peter’s denials will happen before the sun rises.

[22:34]  ⁶ sn Once again, Jesus is quite aware that Peter will deny him. Peter, however, is too nonchalant about the possibility of stumbling.

[13:38]  ⁷ tn Or “Will you die willingly for me?”

[13:38]  ⁸ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”