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Jesus Was Disowned, Beaten, and Tried

Date: Sep. 25, 2017

Passage

Luke 22:54-71  (ESV)

54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house, and Peter was following at a distance. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. 56 Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, “This man also was with him.” 57 But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.” 58 And a little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.” 59 And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, “Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.” 60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” 62 And he went out and wept bitterly.

63 Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking him as they beat him. 64 They also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?” 65 And they said many other things against him, blaspheming him.

66 When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes. And they led him away to their council, and they said, 67 “If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe, 68 and if I ask you, you will not answer. 69 But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” 70 So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.” 71 Then they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips.”

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Key Verse: 22:54a

Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house, and Peter was following at a distance.

1. Peter's denials (54-62)

Luke writes that Jesus was led away and taken to the house of the high priest while Peter followed at a distance. To follow Jesus at a distance like Peter means that we are likely to compromise ourselves. When the others in the courtyard approached him, Peter was scared to be identified with Jesus and he vehemently denied that he was with him. In fact, Jesus prophesied that Peter would disown him three times before the rooster crowed, and that is exactly what happened. After Peter's third denial, Jesus looked directly at him and Peter remembered the Lord's words. Peter wept bitterly as he learned a painful lesson about the limits of his own strength and character.

2. Jesus was beaten and tried (63-71)

The guards were ignorant of Jesus' true identity. They blindfolded him and beat him, demanding that he prophesy as to who hit him. Little did they know that Jesus had prophesied that all of these events would occur. The religious leaders, on the other hand, were deliberately blind. They refused to believe the Lord's word or to confess what was obviously true. One day, they would see Jesus again, but as the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of God. It was a warning that one day they would be judged for their actions.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for your great humility.

One Word: Jesus endured this suffering for us

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Key Verse: 4:11

  “Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
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