Mark: “And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice” ([xiv, 30]).
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Did Peter deny him three times before the cock crew?
Matthew, Luke and John: He did ([Matt. xxvi, 69–75]; [Luke xxii, 54–62]; [John xviii, 15–27]).
Mark: He did not; he had denied him but once when the cock crew ([xiv, 66–68]).
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Where were they when Jesus foretold Peter’s denial?
Matthew and Mark: At the Mount of Olives ([Matt. xxvi, 30–35]; [Mark xiv, 26–30]).