50. And one of them did use his sword. He cut off the right ear of the servant of the high priest.
51. Jesus said, “Stop!” Then he touched the servant’s ear and healed him.
52. Jesus spoke to the group that came to arrest him. They were the leading priests, the older Jewish leaders, and the Jewish soldiers. He said to them, “Why did you come out here with swords and clubs? Do you think I am a criminal?
53. I was with you every day in the Temple area. Why didn’t you try to arrest me there? But this is your time—the time when darkness rules.”
54. They arrested Jesus and took him away to the house of the high priest. Peter followed Jesus but stayed back at a distance.
55. The soldiers started a fire in the middle of the yard and sat together. Peter sat with them.
56. A servant girl saw him sitting there. She could see because of the light from the fire. She looked closely at Peter’s face. Then she said, “This man was also with Jesus.”
57. But Peter said this was not true. He said, “Lady, I don’t know him.”
58. A short time later, someone else saw Peter and said, “You are also one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”
59. About an hour later, another man said, “It’s true. I’m sure this man was with him, because he is from Galilee.”
60. But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
61. Then the Lord turned and looked into Peter’s eyes. And Peter remembered what the Lord had said, “Before the rooster crows in the morning, you will say three times that you don’t know me.”
62. Then Peter went outside and cried bitterly.