“I do not know Him!”
Peter’s words of denial echoed
across the High Priest’s courtyard into Jesus’ ears. The one who boldly
proclaimed only hours before that he would go to prison or die with Jesus now
shriveled with panic before a servant girl.
The compassion in the Savior’s eyes when He turned and looked at Peter shattered this disciple’s wall of defensive fear. Remorse and embarrassment moved him to run away and weep bitter tears.