Did Saint Peter act of his own free will?

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It seems unlikely that Peter acted of his own free will. First, note that Jesus made deliberate, accurate predictions of Peter's behavior and its consequences. Jesus accurately predicted that Peter would deny Jesus three times before the cock crowed twice. read more

His family originally came from Bethsaida in Galilee (John 1: 44), but during the period of Jesus’ ministry Peter lived in Capernaum, at the northwest end of the Sea of Galilee, where he and his brother St. Andrew were in partnership as fishermen with St. James and St. John, the sons of Zebedee (Gospel According to Luke 5: 10). read more

The Denial of Peter (or Peter's Denial) refers to three acts of denial of Jesus by the Apostle Peter as described in all four Gospels of the New Testament. All four Canonical Gospels state that during Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples, he predicted that Peter would deny knowledge of him, stating that Peter would disown him before the rooster crowed the next morning. read more