JC - Chapter 34
We are all familiar with the Savior's prophecy that Peter would deny Him thrice. I am not sure exactly how this transpired, but as the cock crowed when Peter denied Him the third time -
"...the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly." (New Testament | Luke 22:61 - 62)
It is those words that the Savior turned and looked at Peter that really touched me. Elder Talmage explained -
"...As the last profane falsehood left his lips, the clear notes of a crowing cock broke upon his ears, and the remembrance of his Lord’s prediction welled up in his mind. Trembling in wretched realization of his perfidious cowardice, he turned from the crowd and met the gaze of the suffering Christ, who from the midst of the insolent mob looked into the face of His boastful, yet loving but weak apostle. Hastening from the palace, Peter went out into the night, weeping bitterly. As his later life attests, his tears were those of real contrition and true repentance."
I can't imagine a more painful experience in being unfaithful, prideful, and weak and then having the suffering Christ look into my face.
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