Peter Denies Jesus Three Times (Luke 22:54-62)
Luke 22:54-62 · Berean Standard Bible
Luke 22:54-62 records Peter's threefold denial of Jesus in the high priest's courtyard, exactly as Jesus had foretold. When the rooster crows, 'the Lord turned and looked at Peter,' who remembered the warning and 'went out and wept bitterly.' It is a raw picture of failure and grief — and, crucially, not the end of Peter's story but the prelude to his restoration.
54Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.
55When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
56A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.
57But Peter denied it. “Woman, I do not know Him,” he said.
58A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
59About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
60“Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
61And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”
62And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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