Inspire Bible for Kids Luke Sampler - Book - Page 57
LUKE 22:51
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. 32 But I have
pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when
you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.”
33 Peter said, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you, and even to die
with you.”
34 But Jesus said, “Peter, let me tell you something. Before the rooster
crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know
me.”
35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out to preach the Good News
and you did not have money, a traveler’s bag, or an extra pair of sandals, did
you need anything?”
“No,” they replied.
36 “But now,” he said, “take your money and a traveler’s bag. And if you
don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one! 37 For the time has come for
this prophecy about me to be fulfilled: ‘He was counted among the rebels.’*
Yes, everything written about me by the prophets will come true.”
38 “Look, Lord,” they replied, “we have two swords among us.”
“That’s enough,” he said.
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
39 Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went
as usual to the Mount of Olives. 40 There he told them, “Pray that you will
not give in to temptation.”
41 He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,
42 “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me.
Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” 43 Then an angel from heaven
appeared and strengthened him. 44 He prayed more fervently, and he was
in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of
blood.*
45 At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them
asleep, exhausted from grief. 46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get
up and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation.”
Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested
47 But even as Jesus said this, a crowd approached, led by Judas, one of the
twelve disciples. Judas walked over to Jesus to greet him with a kiss. 48 But
Jesus said, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”
49 When the other disciples saw what was about to happen, they exclaimed, “Lord, should we fight? We brought the swords!” 50 And one of
them struck at the high priest’s slave, slashing off his right ear.
51 But Jesus said, “No more of this.” And he touched the man’s ear and
healed him.
22:37 Isa 53:12. 22:43-44 Verses 43 and 44 are not included in the most ancient manuscripts.
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Devotion
Peter Denies
Christ
Jesus told Peter he would deny
Jesus how many times?
a. twice before the sun went
down
b. once within the hour
c. three times before the rooster
crowed
Jesus and his disciples had a last
meal together the week Jesus
died. Jesus told his disciples he
would be with them only a little
longer. He knew it was near the
time for him to die.
Peter said, “Lord, I am ready to
go to prison with you, and even
to die with you.”
Jesus replied, “Peter, let me
tell you something. Before
the rooster crows tomorrow
morning, you will deny three
times that you even know me”
(Luke 22:33-34).
Peter had good intentions, and
he wanted to be brave for Jesus.
Peter thought he’d courageously
face death with Jesus, but Jesus
knew that Peter would deny
him instead. And what Jesus
said came true. Peter denied
knowing Jesus three times.
When the rooster crowed, Peter
remembered Jesus’ words and
was sorry he’d said he didn’t
know Jesus.
Peter wasn’t the only one
who failed Jesus. When Judas
brought a group of men with
swords to arrest Jesus, everyone
who was with Jesus fled. This
didn’t change Jesus’ love for
them. He forgave them, and he
still had work for them to do.
Our failures don’t change God’s
plans or his love for us.
Focus Verse: Luke 22:34
The Whole Story: Luke 22:31-34
Answer: c
24 Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the
greatest among them. 25 Jesus told them, “In this world the kings and great
men lord it over their people, yet they are called ‘friends of the people.’
26 But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you
should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant. 27 Who
is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The
one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as
one who serves.
28 “You have stayed with me in my time of trial. 29 And just as my Father
has granted me a Kingdom, I now grant you the right 30 to eat and drink at
my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve
tribes of Israel.
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