Discovery BoxMatthew 26:73-74 
Context26:73 After 1 a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, “You really are one of them too – even your accent 2 gives you away!” 26:74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed. 3
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn Grk “your speech.”
3 tn It seems most likely that this refers to a real rooster crowing, although a number of scholars have suggested that “cockcrow” is a technical term referring to the trumpet call which ended the third watch of the night (from midnight to 3 a.m.). This would then be a reference to the Roman gallicinium (ἀλεκτοροφωνία, alektorofwnia; the term is used in Mark 13:35 and is found in some
