Peter’s Threefold Denial of Jesus (John 18:16-18, 25-27)

We all identify with Peter. He is the Bible's "every man." In him we see the most noble of qualities to emulate, and those common to every struggling disciple. Why did Peter deny Jesus. It is a shallow treatment of the man, and ourselves, to simply assign fear as the cause. There is much more to it than that. Let's consider Peter's threefold denial.