After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!”
Parallel translations
- KJV And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.
- BSB About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
- NKJV Then after about an hour had passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Surely this fellow also was with Him, for he is a Galilean.”
- NASB And after about an hour had passed, some other man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man also was with Him, for he, too, is a Galilean.”
- NLT About an hour later someone else insisted, “This must be one of them, because he is a Galilean, too.”
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Cross-references · 3
- Mark 14:69–70The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by, “This is one of them.”
- Matt 26:73–74After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, “Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.”
- John 18:26–27One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?”
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