Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

(Zechariah 13:7–9; Matthew 26:31–35; Luke 22:31–38; John 13:36–38)

27 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away on account of Me this night,[fn] for it is written:

‘I will strike the Shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’[fn]

28 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

29 Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never [will].”

30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before [the] rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”

31 But [Peter] kept insisting all the more,[fn] “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the others said the same thing.