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13 and brought him to Annas[a] first. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.(A) 14 It was Caiaphas who had counseled the Jews that it was better that one man should die rather than the people.(B)

Peter’s First Denial.(C) 15 Simon Peter and another disciple[b] followed Jesus. Now the other disciple was known to the high priest, and he entered the courtyard of the high priest with Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:13 Annas: only John mentions an inquiry before Annas; cf. Jn 18:16, 19–24; see note on Lk 3:2. It is unlikely that this nighttime interrogation before Annas is the same as the trial before Caiaphas placed by Matthew and Mark at night and by Luke in the morning.
  2. 18:15–16 Another disciple…the other disciple: see note on Jn 13:23.