Mark - 14:29

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29 But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will not."

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 14:29.

Differing Translations

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But Peter saith to him: Although all shall be scandalized in thee, yet not I.
And Peter said to him, 'And if all shall be stumbled, yet not I;'
"All may stumble and fall," said Peter, "yet I never will."
But Peter said to him, Though the others may be turned away from you, I will not.
Then Peter said to him, "Even if all will have fallen away from you, yet I will not."
"Even if everyone else falls away," said Peter, "I will not."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

(9) But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet [will] not I.
(9) Here is set forth in an excellent person a most sorrowful example of man's rashness and weakness.

But Peter said unto him,.... Being greatly moved at what Christ had said, that all of them would be offended with him that night, and run away from him, and be scattered from him, and one another:
although all shall be offended, yet will not I; though all the rest of the disciples, the other ten, should do as Judas had done, should fall off from Christ, and either betray him, or deny him, or, at least, turn their backs on him, yet he would do neither; See Gill on Matthew 26:33.

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