Gethsemane and Peter’s Denial Gethsemane Lk 22:39 Jesus went as he was won’t to the Mount of Olives.  Wont is accustomed; doing customarily.  You should have a place you are wont to go and pray so that in a time of crisis you know you can meet God there.  Many...

Who is the Greatest In Lk 22:24-38 the Lord deals with two things.  First, he has to teach the disciples again about desiring to be the greatest.  Second, he warns Peter that he is getting ready to deny the Lord. It’s amazing that the disciples would be striving over which...

The Trouble With Lying Jn. 18:17 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Peter’s denial of Jesus Christ, we see the trouble with lying.  Once you tell a lie you will be confronted again, at some point, with the same question or one that is very similar to it.  To cover yourself you...

And The Cock Crew Mk 14:68 says that Peter, “denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew”.  This was a very important warning that Peter missed. Earlier in Mk 14:26-31 Jesus told his disciples that they...

In Matt 26:31-35, when Jesus told his disciples that they would be offended because of him, Jesus knew by the scripture and by his understanding what they would do.  The Scripture he quoted is Zech 13:7.  Wee see his understanding of men in Jn 2:24-25 “…he knew all men, And...

Peter’s Denial Matt. 26:34 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO of Peter’s Three Denials Do Matt 26:34, Mk 14:68 and Mk 14:72 contradict concerning Peter’s three denials?  Absolutely not.  Let’s study the accounts of Peter’s Three Denials. Jesus said that “before the cock crow” [Matt 26:34] Peter would deny him thrice.  Well, according to...

Denial of Jesus Christ by Peter John 18 :15-18 25-27 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this study we are going to look at these passages very carefully because when you compare the accounts of Peter’s denial of Jesus Christ you find a variety of things going on. The accounts are supplemental,...

Thrice Denied John 13:36-38 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Here Peter wanted to follow Jesus right now, but Jesus told him that he would have to wait and that he could follow Jesus later. We are just like Peter because we have to learn to wait when we ask for something from...