Luke 22:54-62

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⁵⁴ So they seized him and led him to the high priest’s residence, and Peter followed at a distance. ⁵⁵ The soldiers lit a fire in the courtyard and sat around it for warmth, and Peter joined them there.

⁵⁶ A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she spoke: “This man was with Jesus!”

⁵⁷ Peter denied it. “Woman,” he said, “I don’t even know the man!”

⁵⁸ After a while someone else looked at him and said, “You must be one of them!”

“No sir, I am not!” Peter replied.

⁵⁹ About an hour later someone else flatly stated, “I know this fellow is one of Jesus’ disciples, for both are from Galilee.”

⁶⁰ But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about.” And as he said the words, a rooster crowed.

⁶¹ At that moment Jesus turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered what he had said—“Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny me three times.” ⁶² And Peter walked out of the courtyard, crying bitterly.