Matthew 26:35
Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
KJV
λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος· κἂν δέῃ με σὺν σοὶ ἀποθανεῖν, οὐ μή σε ἀπαρνήσομαι. ὁμοίως καὶ πάντες οἱ μαθηταὶ εἶπον.
Greek NT
Ait illi Petrus : Etiamsi oportuerit me mori tecum, non te negabo. Similiter et omnes discipuli dixerunt.
Vulgate
Peter saith unto him, Even if I must die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
ASV
Peter saith to him: Yea, though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like manner said all the disciples.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἀπαρνήσομαι — SBLGNT
- ἀπαρνήσομαι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀπαρνήσωμαι — Robinson-Pierpont
- ὁμοίως — SBLGNT
- ὁμοίως — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. And after six days He takes with Him Peter and James and John. Matthew 17:1 Now another says, after eight, Luke 9:28 not contradicting this writer, but most fully agreeing with him. For the one expressed both the very day on which He spoke, and that on which He led them up; but the other, the days between them only. But mark thou, I pray you, the severe goodness of Matthew, …
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Cross-references
- 2Tim 2:12 — If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
- John 11:16 — Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
- John 13:8 — Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
- John 13:37 — Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
- Matt 20:22 — But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able
- Matt 26:40 — And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
- Matt 26:51 — And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.
- Rom 11:20 — Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: