Before the Rooster

Judas Betrays Jesus Nightly · Mark 14

Story guide: Peter turning fearfully from a servant woman by a courtyard fire while Jesus stands under guard through a distant arch. This shared image is not a scene-for-scene rendering of Mark 14:66-72.

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66And while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s servant girls came,

67And seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and says, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.”

68But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” And he went out into the forecourt, and a rooster crowed.

69And the servant girl, seeing him, began again to say to those standing nearby, “This man is one of them.”

70But he again denied it. And after a little while, those standing nearby again were saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are also a Galilean, and your speech is similar.”

71But he began to call down curses and to swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about.”

72And immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus had said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And breaking down, he wept.

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