And the second time the cock crowed. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him,
Before the cock crows twice, you shall deny me three times.
And when he thought on this, he wept.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
We must understand by this, that the Lord suffered these things till morning, in the house of the High Priest, whither He had first been brought. Matthew and Mark, on the other hand, first notice the injuries done to Christ, then the temptation of Peter. Concerning which it is said, “And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the High Priest.”.
: This maid is not the same, but another, as Matthew says. Indeed, we must also understand, that in this second denial he was addressed by two persons, that is, by the maid whom Matthew and Mark mention, and by another person, of whom Luke takes notice. It goes on: “And he denied it again.”
