From 9747709dff63f16ab4d236df0536424eb21b41f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:31:53 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Luke 22:54-62 --- content/bible_journal/luke_22:54-62.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/luke_22:54-62.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_22:54-62.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_22:54-62.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d30982a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_22:54-62.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ ++++ +title = "Luke 22:54–62" +date = "2023-02-13" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk22.54-62) + +Luke doesn't tell us what happened to the rest of the disciples when Jesus was +arrested, but focuses on Peter's story. Peter follows them at a distance +because he wants to know what's going to happen, but also not get caught up in +it himself. They take Jesus to the house of the high priest, who had ordered +His arrest. Jewish trials were required to be in the daytime, but several +members of the Sanhedrin Council and other personages were there for a hearing, +trying to find the evidence they needed to condemn Jesus. + +When he gets there, Peter stays in the courtyard with several other people. The +high priest's servants were awake to take care of all the guests, who had +probably brought their own servants, not to mention the guards. Peter would +have easily been able to mingle among these strangers. In theory, anyway. +However, one of the servant girls seems to recognize him as a follower of +Jesus. + +Peter denies even knowing who Jesus is, which is kind of a bold claim. How has +he not heard of this famous teacher? Why is he here at the high priest's house +in the middle of the night, then? Before too long, more people question Peter, +saying they think he was in Jesus's group. Again and again he denies it. + +The third time he says he doesn't know Jesus, a rooster crows, fulfilling what +Jesus had told him earlier that night. Jesus, in fact, is there in the same +place Peter was at this point and looks at him, knowing exactly what has +happened. Peter is devastated and flees. + +* * * + +Let our convictions for You be more than empty words, so that we may stand firm +against all temptations.