Peter Is Afraid
Peter had promised to remain with Jesus. Peter had even said that he was not afraid to die with Jesus (Mark 14:29-31).
Peter tried to do the things that he had promised. He followed Jesus to Caiaphas‘s house. And Peter sat with Caiaphas‘s servants. There, people would tell him what was happening to Jesus.
But it was a dangerous place for Peter to be. People knew Peter. The girl soon recognised him. And when he spoke, people heard him. He spoke as someone from Galilee speaks.
Peter was very afraid. He tried to save himself. He forgot his promise. So he said that he did not know Jesus.
Peter said this three times. Then he heard the sound of a bird.
(This may mean that he heard the soldiers. They made loud sounds at certain hours. They did this so that people would know the time during the night. This happened at the same time that the birds began to make sounds. So people called the soldiers‘ alarm "the bird‘s sound.")
This noise caused Peter to remember Jesus‘ words in Mark 14:30. Jesus spoke those words earlier that same night. Since then, Peter had already said three times that he did not know Jesus.
And so Peter wept.
Mark tells us about the things that Peter did. Perhaps this is because Mark knew Peter well (1 Peter 5:13). But all the