The Guards Mock Jesus^(A)

⁶³ The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him.

⁶⁷ Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists.^(A) Others slapped him ⁶⁸ and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?”^(B)

⁶⁵ And they said many other insulting things to him.^(A)

⁷³ After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.”

²⁶ One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off,^(A) challenged him, “Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?”^(B)

⁷¹ He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about.”^(A)

⁷² Immediately the rooster crowed the second time.^[a] Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice^[b] you will disown me three times.”^(B) And he broke down and wept.

⁶⁰ Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. ⁶¹ The Lord^(A) turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”^{(B) 62} And he went outside and wept bitterly.