Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 14:66-72
by: Jo Anne Kandel.
This has to be one of the most dramatic and sad stories in the Bible. There is a progression in the three inquiries of Peter from casual questioning to adamant insistence. Peter’s responses likewise move from mere annoyance to an oath, or swearing, that he knows Jesus not. How very sad that one of those closest to Jesus, as well as his most passionate defender, denies his relationship with Jesus not once but three times! No wonder Peter wept bitter tears.