17. The gatekeeper asked Peter, “Aren’t you one of this man’s disciples too?”Peter answered, “No, I’m not!”
18. The servants and the guards were standing around a fire they had built and were warming themselves because it was cold. Peter was standing there, too, and warming himself with the others.
19. The chief priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teachings.
20. Jesus answered him, “I have spoken publicly for everyone to hear. I have always taught in synagogues or in the temple courtyard, where all the Jews gather. I haven’t said anything in secret.
21. Why do you question me? Question those who heard what I said to them. They know what I’ve said.”
22. When Jesus said this, one of the guards standing near Jesus slapped his face and said, “Is that how you answer the chief priest?”
23. Jesus replied to him, “If I’ve said anything wrong, tell me what it was. But if I’ve told the truth, why do you hit me?”
24. Annas sent Jesus to Caiaphas, the chief priest. Jesus was still tied up.
25. Simon Peter continued to stand and warm himself by the fire. Some men asked him, “Aren’t you, too, one of his disciples?”Peter denied it by saying, “No, I’m not!”
26. One of the chief priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked him, “Didn’t I see you with Jesus in the garden?”
27. Peter again denied it, and just then a rooster crowed.
28. Early in the morning, Jesus was taken from Caiaphas’ house to the governor’s palace.The Jews wouldn’t go into the palace. They didn’t want to become unclean, since they wanted to eat the Passover.
29. So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What accusation are you making against this man?”
30. The Jews answered Pilate, “If he weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.”
31. Pilate told the Jews, “Take him, and try him by your law.”The Jews answered him, “We’re not allowed to execute anyone.”
32. In this way what Jesus had predicted about how he would die came true.
33. Pilate went back into the palace, called for Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”