Gospels Explained: Mark 14:53-72
Here we are given the accounts of two events happening side by side. The first being the false trial against the Lord Jesus (v53-65) and the second being Peter’s denial of the Lord Jesus outside the very courtroom (v66-72). There is much I could say about each word and every line of this text, the prophecies that were fulfilled by this event, such as Christ remaining silent against His accusers, just as it says in Isaiah 53:7 , or the fact that nothing that his accusers said matched up, because it was lies, or the fact that the Lord Jesus claims His deity in v62 when He is asked ‘who is he?’, (Jesus said “I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”) which is an encouragement and a lesson to us, that when people ask us for the reason for the hope that is in us we should tell them ( 1 Peter 3:15 ). However I wish to focus on the stark contrast between Peter in his personal trial and the Lord. You ca...