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Matthew 26:74

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Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
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  1. Revelation 3:19Rank 1 from verse 74
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    19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

  2. 1 Corinthians 16:22Rank 2 from verse 74
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    22If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.

  3. Acts 23:12–14Rank 3 from verse 74
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    12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

    13And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.

    14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

  4. John 18:27Rank 4 from verse 74
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    27Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.

  5. Mark 14:71–72Rank 5 from verse 74
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    71But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

    72And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

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Matthew 26:74

COMBINED MEANING

began

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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).

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curse

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Sense 1: A pronouncement, sentence, or imposed condition of evil, loss, or judgment; an oath invoking such a penalty. Sense 2: As a verb, to pronounce judgment or evil upon, condemn, or revile.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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cock

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Sense 1: A male fowl. Sense 2: Cockcrow, the time when the cock crows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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73And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

74Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

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75And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

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