And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

And he said: I say to thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, till thou thrice deniest that thou knowest me. And he said to them:

and he said, 'I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.'

And he said, I tell you, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that you shall thrice deny that you know me.

"I tell you, Peter," said Jesus, "that the cock will not crow to-day till you have three times denied that you know me."

And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

And he said, "I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you have three times denied that you know me." And he said to them,

"I tell you, Peter," replied Jesus, "the cock will not crow today until you have disowned all knowledge of me three times."

The cock shall not crow this day - Matthew 26:34, and Mark 14:30, say, this night; both expressions are right, because the Jewish day, of twenty-four hours, began with the evening, and ended at the evening of the following day. On Peter's denial, see the notes on Matthew 26:31-35 (note).

And he said,.... "To him", as all the Oriental versions add; to Peter, as what is said shows; that is, Jesus said to him, as the Syriac and Persic versions express:
I tell thee, Peter; who knew him, and his heart, better than he did himself, as well as knew what was to come, and what would befall him; and therefore declares it, as he does with the greatest assurance and certainty, and which might be depended on, and accordingly came to pass:
the cock shall not crow this day; in this night, as in Mark 14:30 or this night, as in Matthew 26:34 for it was now night; a natural day includes both night and day; a like way of speaking, see in Luke 2:8
before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me; as he did, Luke 22:57. See Gill on Matthew 26:34.

cock . . . crow--"twice" (Mark 14:30).

It shall not be the time of cock crowing this day - The common time of cock crowing (which is usually about three in the morning) probably did not come till after the cock which Peter heard had crowed twice, if not oftener.