And then something else happened" It chanced that at that very moment Jesus was being conducted through the courtyard on his way to the judgment hall of Caiaphas. Perhaps he had heard the last denial, anyhow he knew what had happened, knew the depth of shame and apostasy to which his chosen Apostle had fallen, knew it all—"And the Lord turned tind looked upon Peter." For one brief second their eyes met, and if ever since man was man, there was life in a look—thene was life for Peter in that look of Jesus. There is a famous picture of that incident, but one wonders if there has ever been a painter who had genius enough—it would have to be genius both inspired and consecrated—to paint that look which Christ cast upon Peter. There would be at least three things in that look. Sorrow—love—and encouragement. Sorrow that Peter, after his promise "I am ready to go with thee both to prison and to death," should prove so sorry a coward, And love—a love so deep, so strong, that it cannot be quenched, even by a denial such as this. And encouragement—Had he not said "I have prayed for thee." And now his look repeats that promise. And if the scene might baffle the artist. would not the telling of it require an inspired writer? One would need to know all the emotions of the human heart and then could words be found to set down on paper what Peter must have felt when the Lord turned and looked on him.
Fon in the first place that look brought back all the past. The Lord looked, and Peter remembered.
There are some hours when we There are seasons when all the strength and judgment a man owns seems to be blotted out. and he descends to a state of sheer unthinking terror. So all the past was swept from Peter's memory as he went headlong at his shameful denial.
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