King James Version (KJV)

Matthew 26:70

“But he denied before [them] all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.”

Verse in context — Matthew 26

Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

But he denied before [them] all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

And when he was gone out into the porch, another [maid] saw him, and said unto them that were there, This [fellow] was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.