Daily Office
John 18:15-18, 25-27
This passage alternates between Jesus being questioned by the authorities and Peter being questioned being a follower of Jesus. Jesus had foretold that Peter would deny being a follower three times before the night was over. It is comforting that an apostles shortcoming is not held against him. It was not Peter's time to die. Christians were never meant to be a pack of prosecutors seeking to enumerate everyone's shortcomings.
Did the questioning of Jesus by the authorities have the same stigma of a religious leader today being arrested and brought before a judge? He was not being accused of a minor offense like jay walking, but rather a capital crime -- impiety. Could there have been anything more scandalous than a religious leader being accused of blasphemy?
This passage alternates between Jesus being questioned by the authorities and Peter being questioned being a follower of Jesus. Jesus had foretold that Peter would deny being a follower three times before the night was over. It is comforting that an apostles shortcoming is not held against him. It was not Peter's time to die. Christians were never meant to be a pack of prosecutors seeking to enumerate everyone's shortcomings.
Did the questioning of Jesus by the authorities have the same stigma of a religious leader today being arrested and brought before a judge? He was not being accused of a minor offense like jay walking, but rather a capital crime -- impiety. Could there have been anything more scandalous than a religious leader being accused of blasphemy?