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What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear the name of the Apostle Peter
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What is the first thing that comes into your mind? Well, some of you might be thinking about the story when Peter betrayed Yeshua
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And along with that story, there was this one particular sign. Of course, we know that Yeshua predicted that the Apostle Peter would deny him three times
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and that sign would be the rooster. You probably know about that
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And because of this incident, the rooster has been a common emblem of the Apostle Peter
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If you look into other churches, the rooster has been a symbol of watchfulness
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It's also a symbol of renewedness because of how Peter was renewed to his position
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And that's why when you go to some, churches, there are some roosters on their, perhaps on their rooftop, or somewhere within the
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vicinity of the church. And even in the movies or in the magazines or any other publication
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it seems that the rooster has been a common emblem that is related to Peter. That's why
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if you have watched Pinoy movies, perhaps, you would notice that when he is
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portrayed in heaven he has a rooster he's carrying a rooster you probably have seen that
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even in comics that for you to understand that is Apostle Peter
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that he has a rooster he's carrying that so there's no denying that
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the rooster has been a symbol of the Apostle Peter so let's just
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go to that passage brethren where we could see the instance where it says that this rooster has been used to identify the Apostle Peter
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Actually, this story or this part of the gospel is so important
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that it was mentioned in all gospels. So Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, they all mention this
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So let's go to one of the passages where we could read. Matthew 26, verses 33 to 35
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Matthew 26, 33 to 35, says here, Peter answered and said to him
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Even if all are made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble
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Yeshua said to him, assuredly, I say to you that this night before the rooster grows, you will deny me three times
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Then verse 35, Peter said to him, even if I have to die with you, I will not deny you
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and so said all the disciples. So it wasn't just the apostle Peter
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but also the other apostles or disciples. And then we found the fulfillment here in jumping to verse 69
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Now Peter sat of the same chapter. Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard
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and the servant girl came to him saying, You also were with Yeshua of Galilee
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But he denied it before them all saying, I do not know what you are saying. verse 71 and when he had gone out to the gateway
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another girl saw him and said to those who were there this fellow also was with Yeshua of Nazareth
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but again he denied with an oath I do not know the man
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and a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter
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surely you also are one of them for your speech betrays you then he began to curse and swear
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saying I do not know the man immediately a rooster crowed and Peter remembered the word of Yeshua who had said to him before the rooster crows
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you will deny me three times so went out and wept bitterly all right so that is the story
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you could read the same the same proclamation by Yeshua in mark 1430 Luke 22 34 and then John 13 38 So those are the parallel verses of this story
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Now, but brethren, what if I tell you that there is a fascinating, I would say fascinating and interesting mistranslation in this passage
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And because of this mistranslation, a very important message was kept hidden up until now
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until you know the true meaning of this verse. So what if I tell you, or what if I told you, that this is really a rooster
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It's not a rooster, but something else. Now, you might ask, Josh, it's not really important
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because a rooster or a doth or whatever it is, does it really have an implication that we should all understand
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Well, yes, because later I will show you the lesson that we can learn from this mistranslation
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So I hope that you are ready. So the first thing that I would like to mention to you that this is not actually
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a rooster. This is not actually a rooster. It is something else, as I will show you later
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So how do we know that this is not a rooster? Well, the first thing is that
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according to Mishna, Mishnah Babakama 7.7, so the Mishna is actually the earliest compilation
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of the rabbinic oral law. According to this Mishna, that roosters and chickens were
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forbidden in the city of Jerusalem. Because the chicken or the roosters are actually
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they kind of messy and because they could come and go anywhere else, they are
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concerned that these animals would go to the sacred places in the temple and it would
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desecrate the temple. So that is the reason that they don't allow roosters and
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chickens during at that time. So that is a according to Mishnah
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So if there's no rooster around the city of Jerusalem, how can Peter hear the crowing of the rooster
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If there's no rooster there? Now, some people would say, perhaps there's a rooster around the
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perhaps outside the city, and maybe the sound is very strong, and Peter could have heard that
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Well, that could be a possibility. But think about it, brethren. Have you heard about, have you heard a rooster crowing
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wing brethren. Typically, a rooster does not simply grow one time. It can grow a lot of times, multiple times. And what else? When one rooster grows
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and another rooster hears it what happens. The other rooster will answer. And then it would
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make, it would do, it will have a domino effect and every rooster would be growing and they would
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they would make all this kind of sound. So it's kind of difficult to see which one is really the rooster that Yeshua is talking about
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Maybe for the sake of argument someone would say that perhaps maybe Josh God could perform a miracle
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Perhaps just because just on that time he could eliminate all other crows
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and then there's only one that would sound, perhaps that we do
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Well, if you would know the real meaning or the real reason why the rooster needs to grow
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you would understand that it doesn't need a miracle. And that's what I want to show you today
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So if it is not a rooster, what is it? What could be this word
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Now the answer lies in going back to the original text Okay Let go If you go if you let go back to Matthew 26 verse 34 brethren
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Matthew 26 verse 34. It says, Assuredly I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times
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Now if you look into the Greek word of the word crows, okay
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the word gross, it is actually Funeo. According to Thayer definition, this word means
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to sound, to emit a sound, and look at this brethren. This sound could be
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produced by a cock or a rooster or it could also be produced
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by a person. If it's a person, this phoneo would be to cry, to cry out, to
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cry a loud, speak with a loud voice. Okay, so this tells you that this word crow, the word crows
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it could either be referring, it could be a sound made by a man
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or it could also be a sound made by a crow or a bird or a rooster
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So in that case, brethren, how can we know if it is a man or it is a rooster
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then we have to go to the original word of the word rooster now this is very interesting
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brethren because if you look into the Greek word of rooster the Greek word for rooster is
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it's the word elector elector is the Greek word for rooster and um
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The word elector is, it doesn't give an implication that it could be a man, but it is just simply referring to a rooster
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So there's no choice. It's either, it's only a rooster. That's the word allector
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But look at this, brethren, if you're going to the Hebrew word of the word rooster, it is the word gaver
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Let me see. The word gaver. Now, this is very interesting, brethren
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Because the word gaver could mean a rooster or a man. A rooster or a man
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If you look into the historical, cultural, and religious context of this verse
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this gaver is actually referring to the temple crier. The temple crier at that time
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Now, who is this temple crier? And why is it called Gavre or rooster
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You see, brethren, if you go back to the time of Yeshua, they don't have an alarm clock
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They don't have our, just like we have our phone that we could set, we could have our digital clocks
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They don't have an alarm clock. That's why they need a temple crier
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This temple crier would climb up to one of the highest point of the temple
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and he would cry aloud so that he would, he would awake or he would
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rouse up the priests, the Levites and the people to prepare for the morning services
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so this is very interesting because because of the rule the temple
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crier is doing he is referred to a rooster or a gaver
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that's why he is called a gavel now when the Greek translators look into this verse and they saw that it is growing, the Gawber is growing and the Gopher is rooster
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So they used the Greek word, elector, because they know that they didn't have the cultural understanding of what this person is doing
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So what does it tell you brethren this proves that the New Testament is primarily written in Hebrew You see that brethren
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Because if it is a Greek, then we could see that there's a mistake or there's
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a mistranslation in the Greek manuscript. So we could see here that the Greek manuscript that we have
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is a copy of the original, which is the Hebrew manuscript. script. Okay? So what else is so
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interesting about here, brethren? What's interesting about this is that we need to ask, what is the temple crier
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is saying? What is so, what is so significant about the temple prior? Well, here it is
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brethren. The temple crier is said to have three proclamations that he made before
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before the morning sun. There are three things that he would shout out
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He would say, number one, all the priests prepare to sacrifice. Then he would also say, all the Levites to their stations
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And he would also say, all the Israelites come to worship. So you could see here, brethren, that when the Apostle Peter heard the temple crier
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he understood very well what it meant. He knew that there would be a sacrifice
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that would be happening. And that sacrifice is Yeshua. That's why he wept bitterly
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Because he realized that the sacrifice is just about to begin. And here he is already denying Yeshua
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It's an aga-a-a-a-a-a-a-ha. He already denied Yeshua. He didn't just He was not
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He was able In fact that He already denied Yeshua And that's why
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He was He wet bitterly Because he knew That what he did
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Was really what Yeshua has prophesied So you could see here Brethren
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That knowing that through the original word For the rooster is actually
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would give us more understanding of what happened on that day. So with this in mind, brethren
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what are the important lessons and the implications that we could learn
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we could get from this? Well, the first thing is that like what I mentioned
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this further proves that the New Testament was primarily written in Hebrew
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And then, and that the great manuscripts are actually a copy of the original
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Okay? Second, when we studied the word of God, it would help us to also consider the cultural and religious context of that verse
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If we would just take one verse and then we would not look into its biblical background
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its cultural background, we could easily mistranslate the verse. That's why if we're going to do a Bible study, you need to try to check the cultural and historical
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background that verse and you will have a very more bigger picture of what is happening in that text
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And finally, brethren, I think this is the most important lesson that we could learn here
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is that this shows us that there are still so many things we should learn about the Bible
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This tells us, brethren, that it doesn't mean that when we traditionally accepted things
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it doesn't make it automatically true. They should further convince us to constantly prove all things and study the word of Yahweh with all diligence, commitment, and passion for truth
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