Jesus’ Trial, Peter’s Denial!

Introduction

• Jesus went right into the garden of Gethsemane where He knew that Judas would lead the force that would come to arrest Him.
• John 18:4ܝܘܚܢܢ ܝܚ:4   
• John Calvin said, “The body of the Son of God was bound so that our souls might be loosed from the cords of sin and Satan.”
• Here we see two different dramas – the drama of the trial and the drama of the denial.

Scene One: Jesus’s Trial (vs. 13-14)ܕܝܲܢܬܵܐ ܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ (ܓ̰ܪ. 13 – 14)

• Why did they bind Him up?
  • Matthew26:48ܡܬܝ ܟܘ:48  
  • Genesis 22:9ܒܪܝܬܐ ܟܒ:9  
  • Psalm 118:27ܡܙܡܘܖ̈ܐ ܩܝܚ:27  
• A high priest was a high priest for life (Numbers 35)
• High priest: Annas vs. Caiaphas
  • John 11:47-48ܝܘܚܢܢ ܝܐ:47 – 48 
  • John 18:14ܝܘܚܢܢ ܝܚ:14  
  • John 11:50-53ܝܘܚܢܢ ܝܐ:50 – 53 

Scene Two: Peter’s Denial (vs. 15-18)ܣܪܲܒܼܬܵܐ ܕܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ (ܓ̰ܪ. 15 – 18) 

• Disciples fled and Peter was following Him a far off
  • Mark 14:54ܡܪܩܘܣ ܝܕ:54  
• The first lie started with a lie to a slave girl.
  • John 18:18ܝܘܚܢܢ ܝܚ:18  

Scene Three: Jesus’ Trial (vs. 19-24)ܕܝܲܢܬܵܐ ܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ (ܓ̰ܪ. 19 – 24)  

• This is to be a legal arraignment. But they had already decided they wanted him dead. This was not a trial, this was a murder plot.
  • John 15:25ܝܘܚܢܢ ܝܗ:25 
  • Micah 5:1ܡܝܟܼܐ ܗ:1  

Scene Four: Peter’s Denial (vs. 25-27)ܣܪܲܒܼܬܵܐ ܕܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ (ܓ̰ܪ. 25 – 27) 

• Rooster crows it’s 3:00 am. In the black darkness, he just keeps denying, keeps denying, keeps denying.
  • Luke 22:60-65ܠܘܩܐ ܟܒ:60 – 65 

Conclusion                      Romans 8:31                       ܖ̈ܗܘܡܝܐ ܚ:31