Peter cursed – Bible Lesson by Mike Riley on Peter’s cursing and swearing. Did he really curse in the same sense that people curse today? A querist asks, “In Mark 14:71, was Peter really cursing and swearing when he adamantly denied ever knowing …

Peter's reaction is intense and emotional, reflecting his fear and desperation. The act of cursing and swearing was a way to strongly deny any association with Jesus. In Jewish culture, invoking curses or oaths was a serious matter, often calling upon God as a witness to one's truthfulness.

Peter begins to swear a curse on himself if he is lying. He once again vows on something sacred that he truly, really, honestly doesn't even know Jesus, at all. Following that third denial, the rooster crows signaling morning has come.

2016年2月24日 · A querist once asked, “In Mark 14:71, was Peter really cursing and swearing when he adamantly denied ever knowing Christ?” The text in Mark 14:71 reads: “ But he began to curse and swear, I do not know this Man of whom you speak!

2021年1月22日 · Is that true of Peter? The “cursing” and “swearing” were not filthy language but rather strong religious language. It was something to the effect of, “I am not associated with the man! Heaven curse me if I am lying!” This is Peter’s third denial, so it is most extreme. In modern speech, someone would say, “God strike me dead if ...

In Mark 14:72, Peter denied that he knew Jesus three times. Why did Peter deny Him before the rooster crowed the second time? Is it because Jesus did not want Peter to be crucified like him? Find out in this Q&A.

74 Then Peter began to curse and swear with an oath, “I don’t know the man!” Just then a rooster crowed. 75 Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before a rooster crows, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Then Peter went outside and cried bitterly. Read full chapter

The denial of Jesus by Peter is a significant event recorded in all four Gospels of the New Testament: Matthew 26:69-75, Mark 14:66-72, Luke 22:54-62, and John 18:15-18, 25-27. This event highlights the human frailty and fear that can lead even the most devoted followers to falter.

Bad company leads to sin: those who needlessly thrust themselves into it, may expect to be tempted and insnared, as Peter. They scarcely can come out of such company without guilt or grief, or both. It is a great fault to be shy of Christ; and to dissemble our knowledge of him, when we are called to own him, is, in effect, to deny him.