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Peter's denial

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Peter’s denial
Peter denies Christ three times. [N.T.: Matthew 26: 67–75]

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It would also include Jesus challenging the faith of the disciples: during the windstorm on the lake (8:25), following the parable of the widow and the judge (18:8, in the reading for next week), and predicting Peter's denial (22:32).
Furthermore, in juxtaposing the narrative of Peter's denial (14:53-54, 62-72) with Jesus' confession (14:55-65) Mark emphasizes the two alternatives open to a disciple in a situation of trial and persecution (Graham 1985: 302).
The group takes comfort in Peter's denial in the courtyard, recalled in his three-fold confession in John 21.
 
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