Peter’s Denial Predicted

³¹ “Simon, Simon,^[a] look out! Satan^(A) has asked to sift you^[b] like wheat.^{(B) 32} But I have prayed^(C) for you^[c] that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen^(D) your brothers.”

³³ “Lord,”^(E) he told Him, “I’m ready to go with You both to prison and to death!”

³⁴ “I tell you, Peter,” He said, “the rooster will not crow today until^[d] you deny three times that you know Me!”

¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers,^(A) has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate,^(B) when he had decided to release Him. ¹⁴ But you denied the Holy and Righteous One^(C) and asked to have a murderer given to you.^(D)