The scene cuts back to Peter. He is close by, warming himself by a fire. When he is recognized, he denies Jesus a second time. Then one of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man who's ear Peter had cut off, sees him. Now if someone chopped off an ear of your relative, I think you would probably remember what he looks like. He asks, "Did I not see you in the Garden with Him?'' Peter denies it. Then the rooster crowed. Poor Peter wanted to stay with Christ and follow Him all the way, even to death, but he could not go even as far as this point. Christ’s words came true and Peter denied Him three times. Only Christ could go to the cross to be our Savior and Lord! Peter is restored in John 21:15-19. Know that we go not in our own strength, but only in and by the power of Christ.
