Peter’s Denial of Jesus. ^69 (A)Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. One of the maids came over to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.” ^70 [a]But he denied it in front of everyone, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about!” ⁷¹ As he went out to the gate, another girl saw him and said to those who were there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazorean.” ⁷² Again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man!” ^73 [b]A little later the bystanders came over and said to Peter, “Surely you too are one of them; even your speech gives you away.” ⁷⁴ At that he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately a cock crowed. ^75 (B)Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the cock crows you will deny me three times.” He went out and began to weep bitterly.

⁵⁶ When a maid saw him seated in the light, she looked intently at him and said, “This man too was with him.” ⁵⁷ But he denied it saying, “Woman, I do not know him.” ⁵⁸ A short while later someone else saw him and said, “You too are one of them”; but Peter answered, “My friend, I am not.” ⁵⁹ About an hour later, still another insisted, “Assuredly, this man too was with him, for he also is a Galilean.” ⁶⁰ But Peter said, “My friend, I do not know what you are talking about.” Just as he was saying this, the cock crowed, ⁶¹ and the Lord turned and looked at Peter;^[a] and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times.”^{(A) 62} He went out and began to weep bitterly.

¹⁶ But Peter stood at the gate outside. So the other disciple, the acquaintance of the high priest, went out and spoke to the gatekeeper and brought Peter in. ¹⁷ Then the maid who was the gatekeeper said to Peter, “You are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.” ¹⁸ Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire that they had made, because it was cold, and were warming themselves. Peter was also standing there keeping warm.

The Inquiry Before Annas.^(A)

²⁵ Now Simon Peter was standing there keeping warm. And they said to him, “You are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” ²⁶ One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?” ²⁷ Again Peter denied it. And immediately the cock crowed.^[a]