Luk 22:34 | TNotes | STEP | 22:34 On Thursday evening, Jesus said that Peter would deny him before the rooster crows tomorrow morning (literally before the rooster crows today ): This does not contradict Mark’s “this very night, before the rooster crows twice” (Mark 14:30 ); Luke and Matthew are simply more general, and in Jewish reckoning, sunset was the beginning of the next day.

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‏ Luke 22:34

22:34 ^a On Thursday evening, Jesus said that Peter would deny him before the rooster crows tomorrow morning (literally before the rooster crows today): This does not contradict Mark’s “this very night, before the rooster crows twice” (Mark 14:30 ^b); Luke and Matthew are simply more general, and in Jewish reckoning, sunset was the beginning of the next day.