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Peter was the disciple who both affirmed faith in Jesus (Mark 8:29) and denied him three times (Mark 14:66-72). Superficially, these are unrelated events, yet the reader of Mark's Gospel finds a great sense of betrayal in Peter's denials. The reason for this is that this, the first New Testament gospel to be written, is based around a parallel structure that uses context and association to create emphasis and develop themes that would otherwise be hidden. In the following table, we see that Peter affirmed Jesus in event T, and denies Jesus three times in event T'. Remembering Jesus' warning in event T, "Whosoever shall be ashamed of me: of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed," Peter then wept (event U').
A . John explains the coming of Jesus (Mark 1:1-8)

B .The baptism of Jesus (1:9)

C . The voice of God from heaven, "Thou art my beloved son" (1:11)

D . The forty days in the wilderness as an allusion to Elijah and Moses (1:13)

E . The people were astonished at what Jesus taught (1:22)

F . Jesus casts out an unclean spirit (1:23-26)

G . Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians how they might destroy Jesus (3:6)

H . Demons, whenever they see Jesus, fall down and say that he is the Son of God.

-- Jesus commands that they tell no one of this (3:11-12)

I .. Jesus calls the 12 disciples (3:13-19)

J .. Jesus rejects his own family: he has a new family, his followers (3:31-35)

K . Jesus rebukes the wind (4:36-41)

L . The demoniac, wearing no clothes (5:15), cries out that Jesus not torment him and Jesus sends out the demons (5:1-20)

M . Jesus comes into his own country (6:1)
-- Where he was brought up

N . The people misunderstand Jesus and he can do no mighty work (6:2-6)

O . Jesus sends out the disciples and curses those who will not receive them (6:7-11)
-- in sending the disciples with authority and expecting all to receive them, Jesus is asserting his own authority

P . Herod thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist risen from the dead (6:14)

Q . Herodias and her daughter conspire to kill John the Baptist (6:16-29)

R . Feeding the thousands, and related miracles and discourses (6:33-8:21)

S . Who do people say that I am (8:27)

T . Peter affirms faith in Jesus as the Christ (8:29)

U . Whosoever shall be ashamed of me: of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed (8:38)

V . The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and scribes (8:31a)

W . Be killed and after three days rise again (8:31b)

X . Prophecy of second coming (9:1)- Jesus tells the disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the kingdom of God coming with power.

B' .The Transfiguration of Jesus (9:2-3)

C' .The voice of God from heaven, "This is my beloved son" (9:7)

D' . Jesus talks to Elijah and Moses then to the disciples about Elijah (9:4-13)

E' .A great multitude was amazed at Jesus (9:15)

F' .Jesus cast out a dumb spirit (9:17-27)

G' .They shall kill the Son of man and he shall rise on the third day (9:31)

H' .Jesus clarifies his divine status, saying that he is not God: "Why call me good? There is none good but God" (10:18)

I' . Peter says the disciples have left all and followed Jesus (10:28)

J' . Those who have left their family for Jesus have a new family: all Jesus' followers (10:29-30)

K'. Jesus rebukes the 'sons of thunder', James and John (10:35-45 - cf 3:17)

L' .Blind Bartimaeus cries out for mercy and casts off his clothes, then Jesus heals him (10:46-52)

M' .Jesus comes into Jerusalem (11:1-10)
-- Where he will die

N' .Jesus misunderstands the fig tree that can provide no fruit (11:13-14)

O' .Jesus casts out them that sold and bought in the Temple and curses them for making the Temple a den of thieves (11:15-17)
-- Jesus is asserting his authority

P' .Jesus asks whether the baptism of John is from heaven or of men, and the priests, scribes and elders can not answer (11:30-33)

Q' .Parable of husbandmen who conspire to kill the vineyard owner's son (12:1-9)

X' .Prophecy of second coming (chapter 13)

-- on clouds of glory, within the lifetimes of some of those to whom he was speaking

R' .The Last Supper (14:17-25)

S' .Art thou the Christ, Son of God (14:61)

T' .Peter denies Jesus three times (14:66-72a)

U' .And when he thought thereon, Peter wept (14:72b)

V' .The chief priests, elders and scribes delivered Jesus to Pontius Pilate (15:1)

-- Delivering Jesus is a similar concept to rejecting him.
-- Both parts of the pair involve chief priests, elders and scribes

W' .Jesus dies and on the third day rises again (15:37, 16:6)

A' .The young man explains the departure of Jesus(16:6-8)


These events are copied in the later gospels but, because those gospels no longer have the parallel structure of Mark, the denials arguably do not have the impact of the original.

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Peter was the disciple to deny Jesus three times.


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Peter denied Jesus three times. Jesus foretold that Peter would deny him three times in Mark 14:30, and he did.


Who was the friend who lied about knowing Jesus?

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When did Simon Peter deny Jesus?

No. Peter denied Christ three times. John was the only disciple who stood by Jesus throughout his trial and crucifixion. The others all deserted him. We are told that John was at the foot of the cross at jesus' crucifixion, and took Jesus' mother Mary into his own home.


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To be specific Peter did not betray Jesus but 'denied' him three times. A fine point but a valid one nonetheless. At Matthew 26:34 Jesus states that Peter will 'deny' him three times. The Greek word used here is 'aparneomai' which carries the idea to "deny utterly, to abjure, affirm that one has no connection with a person." (Vines) When speaking of Judas betrayal in the same chapter, this time verse 21, the Greek word 'paradidomi' is used which literally means 'to give over.' So in this particular sense it carries the idea "to deliver over treacherously by way of betrayal." (Vines) Having those points of clarification in mind we can also find the answer of what was Peter's reaction to his denial of Jesus in this same chapter of Matthew, the very last verse 75: "And Peter called to mind the saying Jesus spoke, namely: "Before a cock crows you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly."

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