Peter was indignant and shrugged off the suggestion that he would be disloyal. He argued that he would be prepared to die with Jesus, and the rest of the disciples said they would face death too.

Speaking to a sea of young adults gathered at Passion 2025, Ben Stuart, pastor of Passion City Church, Washington D.C., ...

16:18-19 speaks in the future tense, as in a promise. Jesus at this point does not confer authority to St. Peter, so his later denial of Christ does not render it void. Christ actually prays for ...