Matthew 26:73
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.””
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“After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Of a truth thou also art one of them; for thy speech maketh thee known.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And after a little those standing near having come, said to Peter, `Truly thou also art of them, for even thy speech doth make thee manifest.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 26:73 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 12:6they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
- Nehemiah 13:24Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
- Luke 22:59About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
- John 18:26One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”
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