53. Daily, while I was with you in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness!”
54. Then they arrested Him, and led Him away, and brought Him into the high priest’s house. Peter followed at a distance.
55. But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.
56. Then a servant girl saw him as he sat near the fire, and gazed at him, and said, “This man was with Him.”
57. But he denied Him, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.”
58. A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.”Peter said, “Man, I am not!”
59. About an hour later another man firmly declared, “Certainly, this man also was with Him, for he is a Galilean.”
60. Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying.” Immediately, while he was yet speaking, the rooster crowed.
61. The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
62. And Peter went outside and wept bitterly.
63. The men who guarded Jesus mocked Him and whipped Him.
64. When they had blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked Him, “Prophesy! Who struck You?”
65. And many other things they blasphemously spoke against Him.
66. When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, came together and led Him away to their council, saying,
67. “Are You the Christ? Tell us!”He said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe.