Mark 14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said to him, Before the cock crow twice… We ought to take all occasions offered to think of our sins, and to be stirred up to humiliation and repentance for them. Especially, for example — 1. When in the public ministry of the Word we hear such sins reproved as we are guilty of. 2. When we come to Holy Communion. 3. When we read the Scriptures, or hear them read. 4. When we are privately admonished of our sins, either by the ministers of God, or by any other that have a calling to do it. 5. When God lays upon us any grievous affliction or chastisement; such as sickness, loss of goods, loss of near friends by death, etc. When we either see or hear of the judgments of God inflicted upon others for sin. (George Petter.) Parallel Verses KJV: And 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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