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Excerpt from Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: The Epistles of Peter and Jude
The disciples, would have, in that they had forsaken all for Christ's sake (matt. Xix. In still more marked lines does the picture of his distinctive character stand out in the background of Christ's passion, when he first in vain self confidence promises to the Lord that he would never forsake Him, but would go with im even unto death, and then on the Mount of Olives is unable to watch with Him he wishes, thereupon, to save his Master with the sword, and follows Him even to the court of the high priest, but in sudden cowardice denies Him before the men-servants and maids, and as quickly, feeling the whole weight of his guilt, leaves the judgment-hall in tears. On account of these unquestionably serious vacillations in feeling and conduct, he nevertheless can not be accused of indecision of character. If he showed himself weak on particular occasions, this was the result partly of his sanguine temperament, in which action instantaneously fol lowed on excited feeling, and partly of his great self-confidence, into-which he was betrayed by the consciousness of his own strength. The denial of Christ led to his inward purification; all the more that after His resurrection Christ revealed Him self to Peter first among the apostles. And so to the thrice repeated question of the Lord, if he loved Him more than the others, he returned the answer, humble yet full of faith: Lord, Thou knowest that I love Thee.
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