Jesus, hanging from the cross, sees peter in the throng of people at the bottom of the hill.
'peter! he calls. peter hears and says, I hear you, my lord. I’m coming.' as he begins the climb a guard blocks his way and says, 'stop. or I’ll have to cut off your leg.' but peter replies, 'I mustn’t stop, my lord is calling for me.' so he holds out his leg for the guard to cut off, then continues on, bleeding badly
Jesus continues to call, 'peter, peter!' peter, in terrible pain, hops on up to the hill, gasping, 'I’m coming, my lord, I’m coming.' just then he is stopped by another guard who says, 'I’ll cut your arm off if you try to get past me,' so peter holds his arm out and says, as you will. I must go to the lord.' so the guard chops off his arm and peter continues on, growing pale from the blood loss. now crawling along up the hill, peter hears Jesus calling again. 'I’ll be there soon, my lord!' promises peter. another guard blocks his way. 'stop, or I will cut off your other arm,' said the guard. Weak and in pain, peter holds out his arm to be chopped off. He says, ‘our lord is beckoning me. I must go to him.’ Now, armless and with only one leg, he somehow makes it to the top of the hill, dragging his bloody body to Jesus’ feet. ‘lord, I have answered your call.’ Jesus looks down at him and says, ‘hey, guess what peter! I can see your house from here!’
2006-09-24
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