And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
Parallel translations
- WEB He went out, and wept bitterly.
- BSB And he went outside and wept bitterly.
- NKJV So Peter went out and wept bitterly.
- NASB And he went out and wept bitterly.
- NLT And Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly.
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Peter goes out and weeps bitterly. His tears mark genuine, godly sorrow over his sin.
Overview
Overcome by his betrayal of Jesus, Peter departs and weeps in deep grief. His bitter weeping reflects true repentance rather than mere regret. This sorrow distinguishes him from Judas and opens the way to the forgiveness and recommissioning Jesus will later grant.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 26:75And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
- 1 Cor 10:12Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
- Ps 38:18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
- Ps 130:1–4Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
- Ezek 7:16But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
- Matt 5:4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- Ps 126:5–6They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
- Jer 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
- 2 Cor 7:9–11Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
- Mark 14:72And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
- Ps 143:1–4Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
- Zech 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
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