OUR FATHER WHOSE SON WOULD BE STRUCK AND HIS FOLLOWERS WOULD SCATTER

The book of John chapter 13 verses 36 - 38, just after the Lord Jesus had announced to His disciples that He was about to leave them,  the apostle Peter asked the Lord where He was going.

36 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?”

Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward.”

37 Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down my life for Your sake.”

38 Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times.

The apostle Peter thought that He would be able to follow Jesus into the maw of the vengeful authorities even at the risk of his own life but Jesus corrected Him by saying that Peter would deny even the knowledge of Jesus on three occasions before morning broke.

The Lord Jesus, in this moment of imminent danger to Himself, could see the upcoming events with clarity even to the number of times that Peter would be intimidated by the circumstances. 

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