New Testament in a Year

⁵⁴ And Peter followed Him at a distance, ^(A)right into ^(B)the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the ^[a]officers and ^(C)warming himself at the ^[b]fire. ⁵⁵ Now the chief priests and the whole ^[c](D)Sanhedrin were seeking to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any. ⁵⁶ For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent. ⁵⁷ And some, standing up, were giving false testimony against Him, saying, ⁵⁸ “We ourselves heard Him say, ‘^(E)I will destroy this ^[d]sanctuary made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’” ⁵⁹ And not even in this way was their testimony consistent. ⁶⁰ And the high priest stood up in their midst and questioned Jesus, saying, “You answer nothing? What are these men testifying against You?” ^61 (F)But He kept silent and did not answer. ^(G)Again the high priest was questioning Him and *said to Him, “Are You the ^[e]Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?” ⁶² And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see ^(H)the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and ^(I)coming with the clouds of heaven.” ^63 (J)And tearing his tunics, the high priest *said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? ⁶⁴ You have heard the ^(K)blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death. ⁶⁵ And some began to ^(L)spit at Him, and ^[f](M)to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “^(N)Prophesy!” And the officers ^[g]received Him with ^[h]slaps in the face.

Peter’s Denials

^66 (O)And as Peter was below in ^(P)the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came, ⁶⁷ and seeing Peter ^(Q)warming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You also were with the ^(R)Nazarene, Jesus.” ⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he ^(S)went out into the entryway.^{[i] 69} And when the servant-girl saw him, she began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!” ⁷⁰ But again ^(T)he was denying it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, ^(U)for you are also a Galilean.” ⁷¹ But he began to ^[j]curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!” ⁷² And immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said the statement to him, “Before ^(V)a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” ^[k]And throwing himself down, he began to cry.