Luke 22:54-62

International Children’s Bible

Peter Says He Doesn’t Know Jesus

⁵⁴ They arrested Jesus and took him away. They brought him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed them, but he did not go near Jesus. ⁵⁵ The soldiers started a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat together. Peter sat with them. ⁵⁶ A servant girl saw Peter sitting there near the light. She looked closely at Peter’s face and said, “This man was also with him!”

⁵⁷ But Peter said this was not true. He said, “Girl, I don’t know him.”

⁵⁸ A short time later, another person saw Peter and said, “You are also one of them.”

But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

⁵⁹ About an hour later, another man insisted, “It is true! This man was with him. He is from Galilee!”

⁶⁰ But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about!”

Immediately, while Peter was still speaking, a rooster crowed. ⁶¹ Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. And Peter remembered what the Lord had said: “Before the rooster crows tonight, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” ⁶² Then Peter went outside and cried with much pain in his heart.