PETER/He Was Loyal in the Face of Tests - Loyal When Others Turned Disloyal

 What would Peter do? He too must have been baffled by Jesus' speech.  He did not yet grasp that Jesus must die in order to carry out God's will.  Was Peter determined to slink off like those fickle disciples who left Jesus today?  No; something important  set Peter apart from those men. What was it?

Jesus turned to his apostles and said: "You do not want to go also, do you?" (John 6:67) He addressed the 12, but it was Peter who spoke up. It was often so. Peter may have been the oldest of them. In any case, he was certainly most outspoken of the group; rarely, it seems, did Peter hesitate to say what was on his mind.  In this case, what was on his mind was this beautiful and memorable statement: "Lord, who whom shall we go away to?  You have sayings of everlasting life." - JOHN 6:68. 

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