Peer Pressure/ Peters Denial
It is during this time that Peter has a test on his faithfulness and relationship to Jesus, just as Jesus had said. Having failed, Peter learns that resisting peer pressure can be tougher than he had imagined. It is easy to fall when one is surrounded by hostility and fails to look to the Lord for strength.
Peter was told that before the Rooster crows twice you will have denied me 3Xs...Petes a confident guy. quick tempered ready to fight or throw steele. So he laughs it off. So Jesus is arerested and Pete goes to kill a guy and severs an ear instead. Jesus heals it and is arrested and here is where we are..
Peter has followed at a distance keeping an eye on Jesus arrest. John 18:15-16 mentions that "another disciple," probably John, is also present in the courtyard. In the chill of the late evening air, a fire is kindled to keep the gathering warm. When Peter's face becomes visible, a servant girl stares at him, recognizing him as one of the disciples. She announces the surprising guest to the crowd with the simple words "This man was with him."
Knowing that guilt by association is a genuine risk, Peter denies any knowledge of Jesus. The observation has been made that Pete in this way does not deny Jesus as much as deny knowing him. He does not attack Jesus, but neither does he assert his association with him. SO Pete stays at the fire with servants and officers to stay warm. strike one.
Afterward another person takes up the accusation. Luke identifies the second challenger as a man, while Mark 14:69 and Matthew 26:71 mention a woman. It is likely that the woman's initial effort received wide attention. Then comes the charge: "You also are one of them." The second-person pronoun you (su) is spoken with ex auton, "from among them," so Peter's association with Jesus is emphasized. The charge is "You are one of them!" Once again, Peter tries to parry the thrust: "Man, I am not!" Peter has taken strike two. he is in danger of being run out.
A third person identifies Peter. John 18:26 says he is a relative of the priest's servant Malcus, who had his ear severed and healed earlier. John notes that this questioner is positive that Peter's face is familiar, since he saw him in the garden. Since he had been at the scene, his testimony is significant. Luke simply narrates his confidence: "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean." Like Southerners or people from the north of Scotland, the Irish or whoever, Galileans had a distinctive accent (Mt 26:73).
Peter again denies the connection: "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Mark 14:71 "While Cursing and swearing." cursing and swearing. his frustration grew to the point of that he reverted back to his earthy comforts. He was a fisherman. ever heard "cuss like a sailor?" Folks cuss to relive stress, out of habit but it shows how just an hour before he was with the Holiest man on the planet and here he stands now.
The mighty, confident Peter has struck out
cock-a doodle-loose
But the rooster's crowing rocked Peter's memory. Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him. Luke's wording reminds us of Jesus' prophetic awareness of what is taking place--that even his closest allies will leave him to face his death alone. Human wise. Peter's failure prompts his departure and painful tears. It is easy to claim Jesus in the solitude of one's living room among like-minded friends, but it can be hard to do so in public.
Luke 12: 9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Matt 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."
Of course Pete repented and became one of the head liners in the seeding of Christ word...Where are you?
So where do you stand?
Are you ashamed?
What will you do when your confronted?
Peter was told that before the Rooster crows twice you will have denied me 3Xs...Petes a confident guy. quick tempered ready to fight or throw steele. So he laughs it off. So Jesus is arerested and Pete goes to kill a guy and severs an ear instead. Jesus heals it and is arrested and here is where we are..
Peter has followed at a distance keeping an eye on Jesus arrest. John 18:15-16 mentions that "another disciple," probably John, is also present in the courtyard. In the chill of the late evening air, a fire is kindled to keep the gathering warm. When Peter's face becomes visible, a servant girl stares at him, recognizing him as one of the disciples. She announces the surprising guest to the crowd with the simple words "This man was with him."
Knowing that guilt by association is a genuine risk, Peter denies any knowledge of Jesus. The observation has been made that Pete in this way does not deny Jesus as much as deny knowing him. He does not attack Jesus, but neither does he assert his association with him. SO Pete stays at the fire with servants and officers to stay warm. strike one.
Afterward another person takes up the accusation. Luke identifies the second challenger as a man, while Mark 14:69 and Matthew 26:71 mention a woman. It is likely that the woman's initial effort received wide attention. Then comes the charge: "You also are one of them." The second-person pronoun you (su) is spoken with ex auton, "from among them," so Peter's association with Jesus is emphasized. The charge is "You are one of them!" Once again, Peter tries to parry the thrust: "Man, I am not!" Peter has taken strike two. he is in danger of being run out.
A third person identifies Peter. John 18:26 says he is a relative of the priest's servant Malcus, who had his ear severed and healed earlier. John notes that this questioner is positive that Peter's face is familiar, since he saw him in the garden. Since he had been at the scene, his testimony is significant. Luke simply narrates his confidence: "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean." Like Southerners or people from the north of Scotland, the Irish or whoever, Galileans had a distinctive accent (Mt 26:73).
Peter again denies the connection: "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Mark 14:71 "While Cursing and swearing." cursing and swearing. his frustration grew to the point of that he reverted back to his earthy comforts. He was a fisherman. ever heard "cuss like a sailor?" Folks cuss to relive stress, out of habit but it shows how just an hour before he was with the Holiest man on the planet and here he stands now.
The mighty, confident Peter has struck out
cock-a doodle-loose
But the rooster's crowing rocked Peter's memory. Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him. Luke's wording reminds us of Jesus' prophetic awareness of what is taking place--that even his closest allies will leave him to face his death alone. Human wise. Peter's failure prompts his departure and painful tears. It is easy to claim Jesus in the solitude of one's living room among like-minded friends, but it can be hard to do so in public.
Luke 12: 9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Matt 10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."
Of course Pete repented and became one of the head liners in the seeding of Christ word...Where are you?
So where do you stand?
Are you ashamed?
What will you do when your confronted?