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Just a few weeks later, Peter urged others to experience the same forgiveness he had found: "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins ...

Following Jesus' arrest, Peter stands in the courtyard during the illegal nighttime trial. He denies that he is a follower of Jesus two times, and then the third time, he curses at a servant girl ...

Painting by Johann Georg Trautmann depicting Jesus appearing before Caiphus (middle-right), and Peter denying that he knew Jesus (bottom left).

Simon Peter, not one bit afraid to say the word Jesus over and over and over again (vv. 14–41). That’s why we remain confident that the church we love will triumph. The raven broods and the ...

Jesus asks, and “Simon Peter said in reply, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’” ... Each of us denies Christ through our actions or lack thereof at times.

Jesus’ threefold command to Peter wasn’t just a moment of personal redemption — it was the moment Christ entrusted him with ...

Jesus looked intently at Peter for a moment and then said, "You are Simon, John's son - but you shall be called Peter, the rock!" John 1:42. Some Christians deny that the Pope, as successor of St ...

On this Sunday's Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Church honors two saints who responded to the Lord's call to ...

‘Peter’s Denial’ by Frank Wesley (1923-2002) This is a portrait of Peter, the second disciple to betray Jesus on the night of his arrest. The narrative is found in all four gospels of the Bible.