Peter Denies Jesus Three Times Before the Rooster Crows

Description

"But Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how that he said unto him, Before the cock crow this day thou shalt deny me thrice." Luke 22:60-61 ASV

Illustration of Peter sitting in front of a fire with a woman and some soldiers. His arms are raised as he denies knowing Jesus. A rooster is standing in the window above them. On the right, Jesus is walking down stairs, hands bound, followed by soldiers in armor and with swords. Jesus looks at Peter in the courtyard.

Keywords

bound, Christ, courtyard, denial, Denial of Peter, deny, disappointment, fire, Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, Messiah, passion of Christ, peter, prophecy, soldier, soldiers, wept bitterly, woman

Galleries

Bible Stories, Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension

Source:

Right Rev. Richard Gilmour, D.D. Bible History: Containing the Most Remarkable Events of the Old and New Testaments, with a Compendium of Church History (New York, New York: Benziger Brothers, 1904) 204