Discovery BoxMatthew 26:74-75 
Context26:74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed. 1 26:75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly. 2
1 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
2 sn When Peter went out and wept bitterly it shows he really did not want to fail here and was deeply grieved that he had.
