En na de lofzang gezongen te hebben vertrokken zij naar de Olijfberg.
Toen zeide Jezus tot hen:
Gij zult allen aan Mij aanstoot nemen in deze nacht.
Want er staat geschreven:
Ik zal de herder slaan en de schapen der kudde zullen verstrooid worden.
Doch nadat Ik zal zijn opgewekt, zal Ik u voorgaan naar Galilea.
Petrus antwoordde en zeide tot Hem: Al zouden allen aanstoot aan U nemen, ik nooit!
Jezus zeide tot hem:
Voorwaar, Ik zeg u, in deze nacht, eer de haan kraait, zult gij Mij driemaal verloochenen.
Petrus zeide tot Hem:
Zelfs al moest ik met U sterven, ik zal U voorzeker niet verloochenen.
En zo spraken ook al de discipelen.
Mattheus 26:30-35
Petrus verloochening door Carl H. Bloch
Ik nooit!
“My heart, goes out to Peter. So many of us are so much like him.
We pledge our loyalty; we affirm our determination to be of good courage; we declare, sometimes even publicly, that come what may we will do the right thing, that we will stand for the right cause, that we will be true to ourselves and to others.“Then the pressures begin to build. Sometimes these are social pressures. Sometimes they are personal appetites. Sometimes they are false ambitions. There is a weakening of the will. There is a softening of discipline. There is capitulation. And then there is remorse, followed by self-accusation and bitter tears of regret.“
Wat Petrus deed en Judas had moeten doen.
Now, if there be those throughout the Church who by word or act have denied the faith, I pray that you may draw comfort and resolution from the example of Peter, who, though he had walked daily with Jesus, in an hour of extremity momentarily denied the Lord and also the testimony which he carried in his own heart. But he rose above this and became a mighty defender and a powerful advocate. So, too, there is a way for any person to turn about and add his or her strength and faith to the strength and faith of others in building the kingdom.
En wat ik steeds hoop te doen.
