馬可福音14:66-72

 

14:66 彼得在下邊院子裡；來了大祭司的一個使女，
14:67 見彼得烤火，就看著他，說：「你素來也是同拿撒勒人耶穌一夥的。」
14:68 彼得卻不承認，說：「我不知道，也不明白你說的是甚麼。」於是出來，到了前院，雞就叫了。
14:69 那使女看見他，又對旁邊站著的人說：「這也是他們一黨的。」
14:70 彼得又不承認。過了不多的時候，旁邊站著的人又對彼得說：「你真是他們一黨的！因為你是加利利人。」
14:71 彼得就發咒起誓地說：「我不認得你們說的這個人。」
14:72 立時雞叫了第二遍。彼得想起耶穌對他所說的話：「雞叫兩遍以先，你要三次不認我。」思想起來，就哭了。

 

⁶⁶ While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by. ⁶⁷ When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him.

“You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus,” she said.

⁶⁸ But he denied it. “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about,” he said, and went out into the entryway.^[g]

⁶⁹ When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, “This fellow is one of them.” ⁷⁰ Again he denied it.

After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”

⁷¹ He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about.”

⁷² Immediately the rooster crowed the second time.^[h] Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice^[i] you will disown me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

 

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    彼得因為害怕，真的發生主耶穌所說的話：「雞叫兩遍以先，你要三次不認我。」之情形！

 

    由彼得的這件事，提醒我們不可以靠自己誇口，要求主保守我們，因為我們真的軟弱，非常需要主的同在與保守！