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