“Before the cock crow twice thou shalt deny me thrice” (Mark 14:30). But with self-confidence Peter said: “Though all shall be offended, yet will not !. I am ready to go with thee, to prison and to death” (Mark 14:29; Luke 22:33). Peter meant it honestly, and he really intended to do it; but Peter did not know himself. He did not believe he was as bad as Jesus said he was.
