Luke 22:34

Ὁ δὲ εἶπε, Λέγω σοι, Πέτρε, οὐ μὴ φωνήσῃ σήμερον ἀλέκτωρ, πρὶν ἢ τρὶς ἀπαρνήσῃ μὴ εἰδέναι με.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 3588; Ho; Ὁ; the; Art-NMS

Strongs 1161; de; δὲ; and; Conj

Strongs 2036; eipen; εἶπεν; said; V-AIA-3S

Strongs 3004; Legō; Λέγω; I say; V-PIA-1S

Strongs 4771; soi; σοι; you; PPro-D2S

Strongs 4074; Petre; Πέτρε; Small Stone; N-VMS

Strongs 3756; ou; οὐ; no; Adv

Strongs 5455; phōnēsei; φωνήσει; will crow; V-FIA-3S

Strongs 4594; sēmeron; σήμερον; today; Adv

Strongs 220; alektōr; ἀλέκτωρ; a rooster; N-NMS

Strongs 2193; heōs; ἕως; until; Conj

Strongs 5151; tris; τρίς; three times; Adv

Strongs 1473; me; με; myself; PPro-A1S

Strongs 533; aparnēsē; ἀπαρνήσῃ; you will deny; V-ASM-2S

Strongs 3361; mē; 〈μὴ〉; not; Adv

Strongs 1492; eidenai; εἰδέναι; to see; V-RNA

RBT Hebrew Literal:

To Not Know

And the one said, "I am speaking to yourself, Small Stone, a rooster will not will crow

today

, until you should deny myself three times, to not see/know."⁷⁶

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And he said, I say to thee, Peter, the cock shall not utter a sound this day, before thou shalt thrice deny knowing me.

LITV Translation:
And He said, Peter, I say to you, a cock will not crow today before you will deny knowing Me three times.

ESV Translation:
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Footnotes

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Textual Embellishments

The phrase μὴ εἰδέναι in Luke 22:34 is attested in early and critical editions (e.g., Westcott & Hort 1881, Nestle 1904) without the object pronoun με (“me”), contrasting with later Byzantine and Textus Receptus traditions which added με. The shorter reading is text-critically favored (lectio brevior potior), especially when the longer reading is easily explained as a "scribal/scholar clarification."

The syntactic construction μὴ εἰδέναι—without an object—intensifies the abstraction of the denial, potentially implying not just disavowal of a person, but a categorical refusal of recognition or understanding.