Rooster
Jesus said Peter would deny him before the rooster crowed three times that morning.
Background Reading:
Luke 22:54-62
Peter Disowns Jesus
54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. 55 But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. 56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him."
57 But he denied it. "Woman, I don't know him," he said.
58 A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them."
"Man, I am not!" Peter replied.
59 About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean."
60 Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what
you';re talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter.
Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him:
Matthew 26:57-75, Mark 14:53-72, John 18:15-27
Luke 22:31-34
31 "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." 33 But he replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death." 34 Jesus answered, ";I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me."Matthew 26:31-35, Mark 14:27-31, John 13:31-38