World English Bible

Matthew 26:74

“Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the rooster crowed.”

Verse in context — Matthew 26

Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't know the man.

After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.

Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the rooster crowed.

Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.