There were more than a few in this room that we would say, in our modern turn of phrase, had pretty rough nights…Peter’s night got rough early on (right here) and only kept going downhill from there. The artist really nailed that here.
Very well expressed, Scott.
None of them had any inkling yet of the comfort that the Holy Spirit would bring to them—His introduction was still weeks away—so when Jesus was apart from them, they felt abandoned and hopeless. The picture in Mark of the young man running away, naked and fearful, is representative.