<p>18:28 <i>And Peter said: We have left our own- </i>See on Lk. 14:27. The family based structure of the first century is hard to fully empathize with from our distance. Family was all. Peter comments that the disciples had &ldquo;left our own homes&rdquo; (Lk. 18:28 RVmg.), and the parallel Mt. 19:27 says &ldquo;left <i>all</i>&rdquo;. Your home was your all. To have to leave it for the sake of Christ was the most fundamental thing you could do. Hence the real meaning in the first century of the Lord&rsquo;s response that such converts would receive families in this life, i.e. in their relationships in the ecclesia. And yet the radical call of Christ is no less demanding and intrusive as men and women meet it today, the only difference being that the starkness of the choices is less pronounced today- but just as essentially real.</p><p><i>And followed you</i>- Just as Peter&rsquo;s claim to have &ldquo;left all&rdquo; was perhaps questionable, likewise Peter seems to have under-estimated what &lsquo;following Christ&rsquo; really meant- for the idea of carrying the cross is strongly connected with following Christ (Mt. 10:38; 16:24). And Peter failed to carry that cross to the end, for he denied the Lord when the going got tough.</p>