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“Ashamed of Jesus!”
Mat 26:67-75
What a shameful travesty of justice! When men yield themselves to violence like this, their passion condemns them as perpetrating the devil’s work. But in the whirlwind of abuse and horror, the one thing that hurt our Lord was the defection of Peter, Luk 22:61.
It was love that led him to dare to follow to the court. John contrived to get him in, Joh 18:16. But he stood too near the fire amid that motley group, who were discussing their night adventure. He had been too self-confident, Joh 13:36; he had not watched unto prayer, Mat 26:40. The more he cursed and swore, the more he betrayed his Galilean brogue. Ah, the agony that ensued! Did he rush off to Gethsemane, and throw himself on the bent grass, where the form of the Master had so recently lain prostrate? Did his tears mingle with the sweat of blood? But Jesus loved him still, and was preparing a propitiation that would cleanse his sin, as He had already secured that his faith should not fail, Luk 22:32.