Following the arrest of Jesus,
Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.” John 13:31–38. When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him.
Originally this was Caiphus' house, and Jesus was held overnight in a cistern here, while Peter denies him three times (before the rooster crowed) in the garden outside.
To deny knowing someone is to refuse to acknowledge a connection with them. In Peter's case, he refused to acknowledge that he was a disciple of Christ. Since Christ is no longer physically walking on earth today, Christians can deny knowing him in their attitudes, behaviors, words, actions, and even lifestyles.
After Jesus' death, he served as the head of the Apostles and was the first to perform a miracle after Pentecost (Acts 3:1–11). The two Letters of Peter in the Bible are attributed to his authorship, though some scholars dispute this.
According to Eastern tradition, she accompanied St. John the Evangelist to Ephesus (near modern Selçuk, Turkey), where she died and was buried. French tradition spuriously claims that she evangelized Provence (now southeastern France) and spent her last 30 years in an Alpine cavern.
Jesus restored Peter to fellowship after Peter had previously denied him and told Peter to feed Jesus' sheep.
The causes of Peter's fall were these: 1. He did not avoid the proximate occasions of sin; for at the time of his fall he was associating with the enemies of Christ. If he had left their company even after his first denial, he would not have fallen so low.
His execution was ordered by the Roman Emperor Nero, who blamed the city's Christians for a terrible fire that had ravaged Rome. Peter requested to be crucified upside down, as he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as Christ.
John, like Luke, also mentions Satan's role in Judas' betrayal of Jesus (13:27). So, lust for money and the devil's influence are the clearest reasons given for Judas' sin in scriptural accounts. He knew the value of a buck, and he was a man who could be bought.
The first telling of the death of Judas comes from Matthew 27:3–10, who includes the story as part of the Passion of Jesus. Judas immediately feels guilt, tries to return the money, and ends up throwing it back at the chief priests and elders. Judas then goes out and hangs himself.
Mark 15: 21
They compelled a passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross; it was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
According to Mark 6:3 Jesus had four brothers (and two sisters): "Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon?
Peter learned from his failure and so must we. Failure motivates us! Many times we are motivated more by failure than we are by success. Failure can be a great motivator ... it certainly motivated Peter and it can motivate you as well.
Simon Peter Denied the Savior Three Times.
Simon became one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Jesus changed his name to Peter which means “rock”. Jesus said that one day he would give Peter a very special job. Peter promised to always be there for Jesus.
According to both sources, Saul/Paul was not a follower of Jesus and did not know him before his crucifixion. The narrative of the Book of Acts suggests Paul's conversion occurred 4–7 years after the crucifixion of Jesus.
All this happened while Jesus' mother and the disciple John were at the cross, wanting to be with Jesus. But Peter wasn't there. Later, a man named Joseph of Arimathaea got permission to take Jesus' body to a sepulcher (a cave for burying).
Paul's death are unknown, but tradition holds that he was beheaded in Rome and thus died as a martyr for his faith. His death was perhaps part of the executions of Christians ordered by the Roman emperor Nero following the great fire in the city in 64 CE.
DEAR F.B.: No, Judas was not forgiven for his betrayal of Jesus -- and one reason is because he could not bring himself to repent of the sin he had committed. You see, there's a difference between feeling sorry over something we have done, and actually repenting of it.
Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” Jesus said that Peter was blessed as this was revealed to him by God. He added, “you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church". Jesus promised Peter that he would be given authority, then warned them not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.
Peter had not committed a sin but his behaviour out of fear and pressure from the Jews who had not yet understand the Holy Spirit inspiration to St. Paul as agreed upon at the Council of Jerusalem contributed to the confusions.
On December 27, we celebrate the Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist – the “disciple Jesus loved” (John 13:23). As the author of a Gospel account, three epistles, and the book of Revelation, John was not only a close friend of Jesus during his time, but a spiritual teacher for the ages.
Jesus also forgave people who didn't know they were doing something wrong. He asked Heavenly Father to forgive the men who crucified Him. They didn't know they were hurting the Son of God. Jesus forgives people because He loves them.
The crucifixion of Jesus with the Virgin Mary, Saint John and Mary Magdalene. “Mary Magdalene is among Jesus's early followers,” says Robert Cargill, assistant professor of classics and religious studies at the University of Iowa and editor of Biblical Archaeology Review.