“"You have taken my friends away from me." In the passion of the cross, even my apostles fled from me; so completely did they shun me that Peter himself said: "I do not know this man."”
Jerome, 5th c. — HOMILIES OF SAINT JEROME, HOMILY 65
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70And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
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68But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
69And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
— Mark 14:70 —
71But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.
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.