58. “We heard him saying, ‘I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands.”
59. And their testimony was not even consistent about this.
60. And the high priest stood up in the midst of them and asked Jesus, saying, “Do you not reply anything? What are these people testifying against you?”
61. But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
62. And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
63. And the high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?
64. You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” And they all condemned him as deserving death.
65. And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him “Prophesy!” And the officers received him with slaps in the face.
66. And while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the female slaves of the high priest came up
67. And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked intently at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.”
68. But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean!” And he went out into the gateway, and a rooster crowed.
69. And the female slave, when she saw him, began to say again to the bystanders, “This man is one of them!”
70. But he denied it again. And after a little while, again the bystanders began to say to Peter, “You really are one of them, because you also are a Galilean, and your accent shows it!”