“Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.”

— Saint Peter

As quoted in Gospel of Matthew 26:33 - 35 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026&version=KJV;SBLGNT. Jesus responds: "Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice." After this Peter protests: "Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee." These are some of the anecdotes of the Denial of Peter.

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apostle and first pope -1–67 BC

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