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| − | 184:2.1 As the band of guards and [[soldiers]] approached the entrance to the [[palace]] of [ | + | 184:2.1 As the band of guards and [[soldiers]] approached the entrance to the [[palace]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas], [[John Zebedee]] was marching by the side of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion captain] of the [[Roman]] [[soldiers]]. [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] had dropped some distance behind, and [[Simon Peter]] followed afar off. After [[John, the Apostle|John]] had entered the [[palace]] courtyard with [[Jesus]] and the guards, [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] came up to the gate but, seeing [[Jesus]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]], went on over to the [[home]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas Caiaphas], where he knew the real [[trial]] of [[the Master]] would later take place. Soon after [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] had left, [[Simon Peter]] arrived, and as he stood before the gate, [[John, the Apostle|John]] saw him just as they were about to take [[Jesus]] into the [[palace]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeper portress] who kept the gate knew [[John, the Apostle|John]], and when he spoke to her, requesting that she let [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] in, she gladly assented.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_%28form_of_address%29] |
| − | 184:2.2 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], upon entering the [[courtyard]], went over to the charcoal [[fire]] and sought to [[warm]] himself, for the night was chilly.[ | + | 184:2.2 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], upon entering the [[courtyard]], went over to the charcoal [[fire]] and sought to [[warm]] himself, for the night was chilly.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_18] He felt very much out of place here among the [[enemies]] of [[Jesus]], and indeed he was out of place. [[The Master]] had not instructed him to keep near at hand as he had [[admonished]] [[John, the Apostle|John]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] belonged with the other [[apostles]], who had been specifically [[warned]] not to en[[danger]] their lives during these times of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_185 trial] and [[crucifixion]] of their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_%28form_of_address%29 Master]. |
| − | 184:2.3 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] threw away his [[sword]] shortly before he came up to the [[palace]] gate so that he entered the [[courtyard]] of [ | + | 184:2.3 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] threw away his [[sword]] shortly before he came up to the [[palace]] gate so that he entered the [[courtyard]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas] unarmed. His [[mind]] was in a [[Maelstrom|whirl]] of [[confusion]]; he could scarcely [[realize]] that [[Jesus]] had been [[arrested]]. He could not grasp the [[reality]] of the situation—that he was here in the [[courtyard]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas], warming himself beside the [[servants]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest]. He [[wondered]] what the other [[apostles]] were doing and, in turning over in his [[mind]] as to how [[John, the Apostle|John]] came to be admitted to the [[palace]], concluded that it was because he was known to the [[servants]], since he had bidden the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeper gate-keeper] admit him. |
| − | 184:2.4 Shortly after the portress let [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] in, and while he was [[warming]] himself by the [[fire]], she went over to him and [[mischievously]] said, " Are you not also one of this man's [[disciples]]? " Now [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] should not have been [[surprised]] at this [[recognition]], for it was [[John, the Apostle|John]] who had requested that the girl let him pass through the [[palace]] gates; but he was in such a [[Stress|tense]] [[nervous]] [[state]] that this identification as a [[disciple]] threw him off his [[balance]], and with only one [[thought]] uppermost in his [[mind]]—the thought of [[escaping]] with his life—he promptly answered the maid's [[question]] by saying, " I am not. "[ | + | 184:2.4 Shortly after the portress let [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] in, and while he was [[warming]] himself by the [[fire]], she went over to him and [[mischievously]] said, " Are you not also one of this man's [[disciples]]? " Now [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] should not have been [[surprised]] at this [[recognition]], for it was [[John, the Apostle|John]] who had requested that the girl let him pass through the [[palace]] gates; but he was in such a [[Stress|tense]] [[nervous]] [[state]] that this identification as a [[disciple]] threw him off his [[balance]], and with only one [[thought]] uppermost in his [[mind]]—the thought of [[escaping]] with his life—he promptly answered the maid's [[question]] by saying, " I am not. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_18] |
| − | 184:2.5 Very soon another servant came up to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and asked: " Did I not see you in the [[garden]] when they [[arrested]] this fellow? Are you not also one of his followers? " [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was now thoroughly alarmed; he saw no way of safely [[escaping]] from these [[accusers]]; so he vehemently [[denied]] all [[connection]] with [[Jesus]], saying, " I know not this man, neither am I one of his followers. "[ | + | 184:2.5 Very soon another servant came up to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and asked: " Did I not see you in the [[garden]] when they [[arrested]] this fellow? Are you not also one of his followers? " [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was now thoroughly alarmed; he saw no way of safely [[escaping]] from these [[accusers]]; so he vehemently [[denied]] all [[connection]] with [[Jesus]], saying, " I know not this man, neither am I one of his followers. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_18] |
| − | 184:2.6 About this time the [ | + | 184:2.6 About this time the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeper portress] of the gate drew [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] to one side and said: " I am sure you are a [[disciple]] of this [[Jesus]], not only because one of his followers bade me let you in the [[courtyard]], but my sister here has seen you in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] with this man. Why do you [[deny]] this? " When [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] heard the maid [[accuse]] him, he denied all [[knowledge]] of [[Jesus]] with much [[cursing]] and swearing, again saying, " I am not this man's follower; I do not even know him; I never heard of him before. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_18] |
| − | 184:2.7 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] left the [[Fire|fireside]] for a [[time]] while he walked about the [[courtyard]]. He would have liked to have [[escaped]], but he [[feared]] to [[attract]] [[attention]] to himself. Getting cold, he returned to the [[Fire|fireside]], and one of the men standing near him said: " [[Surely]] you are one of this man's [[disciples]]. This [[Jesus]] is a [[Galilean]], and your [[speech]] betrays you, for you also speak as a [[Galilean]]. " And again [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] denied all [[connection]] with his Master.[ | + | 184:2.7 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] left the [[Fire|fireside]] for a [[time]] while he walked about the [[courtyard]]. He would have liked to have [[escaped]], but he [[feared]] to [[attract]] [[attention]] to himself. Getting cold, he returned to the [[Fire|fireside]], and one of the men standing near him said: " [[Surely]] you are one of this man's [[disciples]]. This [[Jesus]] is a [[Galilean]], and your [[speech]] betrays you, for you also speak as a [[Galilean]]. " And again [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] denied all [[connection]] with his Master.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_26] |
| − | 184:2.8 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was so perturbed that he sought to [[escape]] [[contact]] with his [[accusers]] by going away from the [[fire]] and remaining by himself on the porch. After more than an hour of this [[isolation]], the [ | + | 184:2.8 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was so perturbed that he sought to [[escape]] [[contact]] with his [[accusers]] by going away from the [[fire]] and remaining by himself on the porch. After more than an hour of this [[isolation]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeper gate-keeper] and her sister [[chanced]] to meet him, and both of them again teasingly [[Accusation|charged]] him with being a [[Disciple|follower]] of [[Jesus]]. And again he [[denied]] the [[accusation]]. Just as he had once more [[denied]] all [[connection]] with [[Jesus]], the [[Acme|cock]] crowed, and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] [[remembered]] the words of [[warning]] [[spoken]] to him by his Master [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_181 earlier that same night]. As he stood there, heavy of [[heart]] and crushed with the sense of [[guilt]], the [[palace]] doors opened, and the guards led [[Jesus]] past on the way to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas Caiaphas]. As [[the Master]] passed [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], he saw, by the [[light]] of the torches, the look of [[despair]] on the [[face]] of his former [[self]]-[[confident]] and [[superficially]] [[brave]] [[apostle]], and he turned and looked upon [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]. Peter never forgot that look as long as he lived. It was such a glance of commingled [[pity]] and [[love]] as [[mortal]] man had never beheld in the [[face]] of [[the Master]]. |
| − | 184:2.9 After [[Jesus]] and the guards passed out of the [[palace]] gates, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] followed them, but only for a short distance. He could not go farther. He sat down by the side of the road and [[Cry|wept bitterly]]. And when he had shed these tears of [[agony]], he turned his steps back toward the [ | + | 184:2.9 After [[Jesus]] and the guards passed out of the [[palace]] gates, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] followed them, but only for a short distance. He could not go farther. He sat down by the side of the road and [[Cry|wept bitterly]]. And when he had shed these tears of [[agony]], he turned his steps back toward the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gethsemane camp], [[hoping]] to find his [[brother]], [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]]. On arriving at the camp, he found only [[David Zebedee]], who sent a [[messenger]] to direct him to where his brother had gone to hide in [[Jerusalem]]. |
| − | 184:2.10 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s entire [[experience]] occurred in the [[courtyard]] of the [[palace]] of [ | + | 184:2.10 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s entire [[experience]] occurred in the [[courtyard]] of the [[palace]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet]. He did not follow [[Jesus]] to the [[palace]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiaphas Caiaphas]. That [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was brought to the [[realization]] that he had repeatedly denied his Master by the crowing of a cock indicates that this all occurred outside of [[Jerusalem]] since it was against the [[law]] to keep poultry within the [[city]] proper. |
| − | 184:2.11 Until the crowing of the cock brought [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] to his better [[senses]], he had only [[thought]], as he walked up and down the porch to keep [[warm]], how cleverly he had eluded the [[accusations]] of the [[servants]], and how he had [[frustrated]] their [[purpose]] to identify him with [[Jesus]]. For the time being, he had only considered that these [[servants]] had no [[moral]] or [[legal]] [[right]] thus to [[question]] him, and he really congratulated himself over the [[manner]] in which he [[thought]] he had avoided being identified and possibly subjected to [[arrest]] and [[imprisonment]]. Not until the cock crowed did it occur to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] that he had [[denied]] his [ | + | 184:2.11 Until the crowing of the cock brought [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] to his better [[senses]], he had only [[thought]], as he walked up and down the porch to keep [[warm]], how cleverly he had eluded the [[accusations]] of the [[servants]], and how he had [[frustrated]] their [[purpose]] to identify him with [[Jesus]]. For the time being, he had only considered that these [[servants]] had no [[moral]] or [[legal]] [[right]] thus to [[question]] him, and he really congratulated himself over the [[manner]] in which he [[thought]] he had avoided being identified and possibly subjected to [[arrest]] and [[imprisonment]]. Not until the cock crowed did it occur to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] that he had [[denied]] his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master]. Not until [[Jesus]] looked upon him, did he [[realize]] that he had [[failed]] to live up to his [[privileges]] as an [[ambassador]] of [[the kingdom]]. |
184:2.12 Having taken the first step along the path of [[compromise]] and least [[resistance]], there was nothing [[apparent]] to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] but to go on with the [[course]] of [[conduct]] [[decided]] upon. It requires a great and [[noble]] [[character]], having started out wrong, to turn about and go right. All too often one's own [[mind]] tends to [[justify]] continuance in the path of [[error]] when once it is entered upon. | 184:2.12 Having taken the first step along the path of [[compromise]] and least [[resistance]], there was nothing [[apparent]] to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] but to go on with the [[course]] of [[conduct]] [[decided]] upon. It requires a great and [[noble]] [[character]], having started out wrong, to turn about and go right. All too often one's own [[mind]] tends to [[justify]] continuance in the path of [[error]] when once it is entered upon. | ||
| − | 184:2.13 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] never fully [[believed]] that he could be [[forgiven]] until he met his [ | + | 184:2.13 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] never fully [[believed]] that he could be [[forgiven]] until he met his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master] after the [[resurrection]] and saw that he was [[received]] just as before the [[experiences]] of this [[tragic]] night of the [[denial]]s. |
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Latest revision as of 22:59, 12 December 2020
184:2.1 As the band of guards and soldiers approached the entrance to the palace of Annas, John Zebedee was marching by the side of the captain of the Roman soldiers. Judas had dropped some distance behind, and Simon Peter followed afar off. After John had entered the palace courtyard with Jesus and the guards, Judas came up to the gate but, seeing Jesus and John, went on over to the home of Caiaphas, where he knew the real trial of the Master would later take place. Soon after Judas had left, Simon Peter arrived, and as he stood before the gate, John saw him just as they were about to take Jesus into the palace. The portress who kept the gate knew John, and when he spoke to her, requesting that she let Peter in, she gladly assented.[1]
184:2.2 Peter, upon entering the courtyard, went over to the charcoal fire and sought to warm himself, for the night was chilly.[2] He felt very much out of place here among the enemies of Jesus, and indeed he was out of place. The Master had not instructed him to keep near at hand as he had admonished John. Peter belonged with the other apostles, who had been specifically warned not to endanger their lives during these times of the trial and crucifixion of their Master.
184:2.3 Peter threw away his sword shortly before he came up to the palace gate so that he entered the courtyard of Annas unarmed. His mind was in a whirl of confusion; he could scarcely realize that Jesus had been arrested. He could not grasp the reality of the situation—that he was here in the courtyard of Annas, warming himself beside the servants of the high priest. He wondered what the other apostles were doing and, in turning over in his mind as to how John came to be admitted to the palace, concluded that it was because he was known to the servants, since he had bidden the gate-keeper admit him.
184:2.4 Shortly after the portress let Peter in, and while he was warming himself by the fire, she went over to him and mischievously said, " Are you not also one of this man's disciples? " Now Peter should not have been surprised at this recognition, for it was John who had requested that the girl let him pass through the palace gates; but he was in such a tense nervous state that this identification as a disciple threw him off his balance, and with only one thought uppermost in his mind—the thought of escaping with his life—he promptly answered the maid's question by saying, " I am not. "[3]
184:2.5 Very soon another servant came up to Peter and asked: " Did I not see you in the garden when they arrested this fellow? Are you not also one of his followers? " Peter was now thoroughly alarmed; he saw no way of safely escaping from these accusers; so he vehemently denied all connection with Jesus, saying, " I know not this man, neither am I one of his followers. "[4]
184:2.6 About this time the portress of the gate drew Peter to one side and said: " I am sure you are a disciple of this Jesus, not only because one of his followers bade me let you in the courtyard, but my sister here has seen you in the temple with this man. Why do you deny this? " When Peter heard the maid accuse him, he denied all knowledge of Jesus with much cursing and swearing, again saying, " I am not this man's follower; I do not even know him; I never heard of him before. "[5]
184:2.7 Peter left the fireside for a time while he walked about the courtyard. He would have liked to have escaped, but he feared to attract attention to himself. Getting cold, he returned to the fireside, and one of the men standing near him said: " Surely you are one of this man's disciples. This Jesus is a Galilean, and your speech betrays you, for you also speak as a Galilean. " And again Peter denied all connection with his Master.[6]
184:2.8 Peter was so perturbed that he sought to escape contact with his accusers by going away from the fire and remaining by himself on the porch. After more than an hour of this isolation, the gate-keeper and her sister chanced to meet him, and both of them again teasingly charged him with being a follower of Jesus. And again he denied the accusation. Just as he had once more denied all connection with Jesus, the cock crowed, and Peter remembered the words of warning spoken to him by his Master earlier that same night. As he stood there, heavy of heart and crushed with the sense of guilt, the palace doors opened, and the guards led Jesus past on the way to Caiaphas. As the Master passed Peter, he saw, by the light of the torches, the look of despair on the face of his former self-confident and superficially brave apostle, and he turned and looked upon Peter. Peter never forgot that look as long as he lived. It was such a glance of commingled pity and love as mortal man had never beheld in the face of the Master.
184:2.9 After Jesus and the guards passed out of the palace gates, Peter followed them, but only for a short distance. He could not go farther. He sat down by the side of the road and wept bitterly. And when he had shed these tears of agony, he turned his steps back toward the camp, hoping to find his brother, Andrew. On arriving at the camp, he found only David Zebedee, who sent a messenger to direct him to where his brother had gone to hide in Jerusalem.
184:2.10 Peter's entire experience occurred in the courtyard of the palace of Annas on Mount Olivet. He did not follow Jesus to the palace of the high priest, Caiaphas. That Peter was brought to the realization that he had repeatedly denied his Master by the crowing of a cock indicates that this all occurred outside of Jerusalem since it was against the law to keep poultry within the city proper.
184:2.11 Until the crowing of the cock brought Peter to his better senses, he had only thought, as he walked up and down the porch to keep warm, how cleverly he had eluded the accusations of the servants, and how he had frustrated their purpose to identify him with Jesus. For the time being, he had only considered that these servants had no moral or legal right thus to question him, and he really congratulated himself over the manner in which he thought he had avoided being identified and possibly subjected to arrest and imprisonment. Not until the cock crowed did it occur to Peter that he had denied his Master. Not until Jesus looked upon him, did he realize that he had failed to live up to his privileges as an ambassador of the kingdom.
184:2.12 Having taken the first step along the path of compromise and least resistance, there was nothing apparent to Peter but to go on with the course of conduct decided upon. It requires a great and noble character, having started out wrong, to turn about and go right. All too often one's own mind tends to justify continuance in the path of error when once it is entered upon.
184:2.13 Peter never fully believed that he could be forgiven until he met his Master after the resurrection and saw that he was received just as before the experiences of this tragic night of the denials.
