Peter Denies Jesus^(A)

⁶⁹ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when a servant girl came up to him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean.”

⁷⁰ But he denied it in front of them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about!” he exclaimed.

Peter Denies Jesus^(A)

⁶⁶ While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s servant girls came by. ⁶⁷ When she saw Peter warming himself, she glared at him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus from Nazareth.”

⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “I don’t know—or even understand—what you’re talking about!” Then he went out into the entryway. Just then a rooster crowed.^[a]

⁵⁵ When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had taken their seats, Peter, too, sat down among them. ⁵⁶ A servant girl saw him sitting by the fire, stared at him, and said, “This man was with him, too.”

⁵⁷ But he denied it, “I don’t know him, woman!” he responded.