Old/New Testament

⁵¹ And at that, one of the men who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. ⁵² Then said Jesus to him, Put your sword back in its sheath. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword. ⁵³ Or do you think I cannot now pray to my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴ But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled? For this is how it must be.

⁵⁵ At the same time Jesus said to the throng, You have come out as if against a thief, with swords and clubs to take me. I sat daily teaching in the temple among you, and you did not take me. ⁵⁶ All this was done so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.

⁵⁷ Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.

And they took Jesus and led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. ⁵⁸ And Peter followed him from afar off to the high priest’s palace, and went in and sat with the servants, to see the end of it.

⁵⁹ The chief priests and the elders and all the council sought false witness against Jesus in order to put him to death, ⁶⁰ but found none. Though many false witnesses came forward, yet they found none. At the last came two false witnesses, ⁶¹ and said, This fellow said, I can destroy the temple of God and build it again in three days.

⁶² And the chief priest arose and said to Jesus, Do you answer nothing? How is it that these men bear witness against you? ⁶³ But Jesus held his peace. And the chief priest spoke and said to him, I charge you in the name of the living God to tell us if you are Christ, the Son of God.

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, It is as you have said. But I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and come in the clouds of the sky.

⁶⁵ Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Here, now you have heard his blasphemy. ⁶⁶ What do you think? They answered and said, He is worthy to die. ⁶⁷ Then they spat in his face and buffeted him with fists. And others struck him with the palm of their hands on the face, ⁶⁸ saying, Tell us, Christ, who is it that hit you?

⁶⁹ Peter was sitting out in the centre courtyard. And a maidservant came to him, saying, You also were with Jesus of Galilee. ⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all, saying, I don’t know what you are saying. ⁷¹ When he had gone out into the porch, another servant girl saw him and said to the people who were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. ⁷² And again Peter denied with an oath that he knew the man. ⁷³ And after a while, some people standing nearby came up and said to Peter, Surely you are also one of them, for your speech gives you away.

⁷⁴ Then he began to curse, and to swear that he did not know the man. And immediately the cock crew. ⁷⁵ And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, who had said to him, Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times. And he went out at the doors and wept bitterly.