Luke 22:60 Meaning and Explanation
“And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.”
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Read Full Chapter →Peter denies a third time, and while he is still speaking, the rooster crows.
What Does Luke 22:60 Mean?
The third denial - 'Man, I know not what thou sayest' - is still on his lips when the sound cuts through the courtyard: a rooster crowing toward dawn. Every syllable of Jesus' prediction (verse 34) has now come to pass, to the letter and to the hour.
God's timing here is surgical: not after the lie had cooled, but 'immediately, while he yet spake.' Mercy interrupts. The crowing is not condemnation but alarm - the signal appointed in advance to wake Peter before his heart hardened. God still builds such roosters into the lives of his people: the sudden sound, the providential sting, that stops a fall mid-sentence.
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What does Luke 22:60 mean?
Peter denies a third time, and while he is still speaking, the rooster crows.