Rooster Crow

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Apr 1, 2026 · 4m

READ: MARK 14:27-31, 66-72 A rooster crowed at the moment of the apostle Peter’s biggest failure. Let’s back up a few hours before that awful choice. On the night of Jesus’s betrayal, He warned His disciples that they would scatter when He was taken from them. That’s when Peter spoke up: no matter what the others would do, he would not deny Jesus! But Jesus had sad news for Peter. That very night, he would deny Jesus three times before the rooster crowed. Sure enough, as we read in today’s Bible passage, Peter denied knowing Jesus. But, upon hearing the rooster crow and realizing what he had…