In a painful conversation with Peter recorded in John 21:1-19, Jesus asked him three times if he loved him. Peter answered by declaring his love for Jesus three times. In response, Jesus charged Peter to take care of his people and to follow him. The question and the charge are for us as well.
Two parables directed against the religious leaders indicated why they would lose their management of the kingdom, and why others would take their place.
Jesus' power over the forces of evil demonstrated that the kingdom of God had come.
In his narration of Jesus’ arrest in John 18:1-27, John alternated between scenes focused on Jesus who acted in complete control, and Peter who...