Matthew 26:74
ContextNETBible | 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 |
XREF | Jud 17:2; Jud 21:18; 1Sa 14:24-28; Mt 10:28,32,33; Mt 27:25; Mr 14:30,68,72; Mr 14:71; Lu 22:60; Joh 18:27; Joh 21:15-17; Ac 23:12-14; Ro 9:3; 1Co 16:22; Re 3:19 |
NET © Notes |
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 |