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Matthew 26:74

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

KJV

τότε ἤρξατο καταθεματίζειν καὶ ὀμνύειν ὅτι οὐκ οἶδα τὸν ἄνθρωπον· καὶ εὐθέως ἀλέκτωρ ἐφώνησεν.

Greek NT

Tunc cœpit detestari et jurare quia non novisset hominem. Et continuo gallus cantavit.

Vulgate

Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.

ASV

Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
εὐθέως
eutheos
adverb · 85×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταναθεματίζω
katanathematizo
verb · 1×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
φωνέω
phoneo
verb · 43×
ἀλέκτωρ
alektor
noun · 12×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ὀμνύω
omnuo
verb · 26×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: εὐθέως | NIV/RP: εὐθέως | WH/Treg: εὐθὺς
  • εὐθέωςSBLGNT
  • εὐθέωςReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • εὐθὺςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Although that power of God strengthening and preserving true believers in grace is more than able to overcome the flesh, yet those converted are not always so led and moved by God that they cannot in certain particular actions, by their own fault, depart from the leading of grace, be seduced by the desires of the flesh, and give in to them. For this reason they must constantly …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 16:22 — If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
  • Acts 23:12 — And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Acts 23:12 — And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Jas 3:9 — Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
  • John 18:27 — Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
  • John 18:27 — Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
  • Judg 17:2 — And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And
  • Luke 22:34 — And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
  • Luke 22:60 — And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
  • Mark 14:71 — But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.
  • Matt 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Prov 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
  • Rev 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.