But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both 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.
- BSB “Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even 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 he spoke all the more, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” They all said the same thing.
- Matt 26:33–35But Peter answered him, “Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble.”
- John 13:36–37Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you can’t follow now, but you will follow afterwards.”
- Mark 14:29But Peter said to him, “Although all will be offended, yet I will not.”
- Matt 20:22But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”
- Matt 26:40–41He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour?
- Acts 20:23–24except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
- Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
- Prov 28:26One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
- Mark 14:37–38He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you watch one hour?
- Jer 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
- 2 Kgs 8:12–13Hazael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash their little ones in pieces, and rip up their pregnant women.”
- Jer 10:23Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
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