See what he does. He denied the Lord, and swore he never knew Him. If
ever He needed sympathy, if ever He needed His disciples round Him, it
was that night, when they were bringing false witnesses against Him,
that He might be condemned to death; and there was Peter, one of His
foremost disciples, swearing he never knew Him. He might have turned
on Peter and said, "Peter, is it true you don't know me? Is it true
you have forgotten how I cured and healed your wife's mother when she
lay at the point of death? Is it true you have forgotten how I raised
you up when you were sinking in the sea? Is it true, Peter, you forgot
how you were with me on the mount of transfiguration, when heaven and
earth came together, and you heard the voice speaking from the clouds?
Is it true you have forgotten that mountain scene when you wanted to
build the three tabernacles? Is it true, Peter, you have forgotten
me?" Yes, thus He might have taunted poor Peter; but instead of that
He just gave him one look of compassion that broke his heart, and he
went out and wept bitterly.