“I believe that the first servant girl who caused Christ's disciples to deny him stands for the synagogue of the Jews "according to the flesh," who have frequently coerced the faithful to deny him. The second maidservant stands for the assembly of Gentiles, who also in persecuting Christians has forced them to deny the…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 114
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74Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
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72And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
73And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
— Matthew 26:74 —
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.