The Depiction of Peter in the Gospel of Matthew

The way that jesus pre is presented in mathew is as a uniquely privileged teacher about god. The depiction of peter, on the other hand, in mathew's gospel, is almost universally negative. Peter almost cannot do anything right; he rebukes jesus for teaching that he should be killed and resurrect from the dead. He seems unwilling to forgive people: How many times am i supposed to forgive somebody? Even seven times? In a day?! And then what's most interesting of all is that the very last mention of peter,. explicit mention of pPeter in the gospel of mathew is the fact that he denies jesus three times, and then he goes