23 Jesus answered him, If I have evil spoken, bear witness of the evil: but if I have well spoken, why smitest thou me?

24 (A)Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high Priest.)

25 (B)[a]And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself, and they said unto him, Art not thou also of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:25 After that men have once fallen, they cannot only not lift themselves by their own strength, but also they fall more and more into worse, until they be raised up again, by a new virtue of God.

23 “If I said something wrong,” Jesus replied, “testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?”(A) 24 Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas(B) the high priest.

Peter’s Second and Third Denials(C)

25 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself.(D) So they asked him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?”

He denied it, saying, “I am not.”(E)

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