“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”
- KJV And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.
- NKJV But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.”
- NASB But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You both to prison and to death!”
- NLT Peter said, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you, and even to die with you.”
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Quick answer
Peter boldly declares he is ready to go with Jesus to prison and death. His sincere zeal outruns his actual strength.
Overview
Peter's confident pledge reflects genuine love yet dangerous self-reliance. His words reveal how easily even devoted disciples overestimate their own resolve. The contrast with his coming denial teaches the need to trust Christ's keeping power rather than one's own courage.
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Cross-references · 13
- Mark 14:31But Peter kept insisting, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the others said the same thing.
- Matt 26:33–35Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”
- John 13:36–37“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
- Mark 14:29Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never will.”
- Matt 20:22“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.
- Matt 26:40–41Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
- Acts 20:23–24I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
- Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
- Prov 28:26He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
- Mark 14:37–38Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?
- Jer 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- 2 Kgs 8:12–13“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
- Jer 10:23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
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