Recently, I was thinking about the night Jesus was arrested and it occured to me that Peter acted very strangly in terms of his behavior that evening. When the soldiers arrived at Gethsemene, he took out a sword and tried to slice the head off a guard, which strikes me as a courageous (yet stupid and unspiritual) act. However, he and the others then fled because they were scared. Later that night Peter denied knowing Christ out of fear.
I'm wondering why Peter was so bold in the garden, then turned into a coward so quickly. Does this strike anyone else as strange?
Question on Peter's Denial
Question on Peter's Denial
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Re: Question on Peter's Denial
I think he was courageous because Jesus was standing next to him. That confidence changed quickly when they took Him away.JC wrote:Recently, I was thinking about the night Jesus was arrested and it occured to me that Peter acted very strangly in terms of his behavior that evening. When the soldiers arrived at Gethsemene, he took out a sword and tried to slice the head off a guard, which strikes me as a courageous (yet stupid and unspiritual) act. However, he and the others then fled because they were scared. Later that night Peter denied knowing Christ out of fear.
I'm wondering why Peter was so bold in the garden, then turned into a coward so quickly. Does this strike anyone else as strange?
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i agree; once the adrenaline wore off, peter was able to contemplate the possible ramifications of his being captured as well.
i always wondered what, if anything, would have happened had peter fessed up to knowing Jesus in the courtyard.
TK
i always wondered what, if anything, would have happened had peter fessed up to knowing Jesus in the courtyard.
TK
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JC,
Peter just woke up from sleeping when he should have been praying for and with Jesus, I think this also played a part in his response.
Grace and peace
Peter just woke up from sleeping when he should have been praying for and with Jesus, I think this also played a part in his response.
Grace and peace
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The posture of theology is on ones knees
The mode of theology is repentance."
Sinclair Ferguson
I think Peter was impulsive and acted according to his feelings at the moment. He felt bold with Jesus beside him, as MoGrace stated.
He also acted impulsively without thinking, as soon as he became afraid after Jesus' capture. So he denied the Lord.
When he remembered what Jesus had said about the rooster crowing, he became convicted, and could not restrain his tears.
Every act was an immediate response to his feelings. He acted entirely from his emotions and not from his intellect.
But after he was filled with the Spirit of Christ, this was no longer the case.
He also acted impulsively without thinking, as soon as he became afraid after Jesus' capture. So he denied the Lord.
When he remembered what Jesus had said about the rooster crowing, he became convicted, and could not restrain his tears.
Every act was an immediate response to his feelings. He acted entirely from his emotions and not from his intellect.
But after he was filled with the Spirit of Christ, this was no longer the case.
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