Peter’s Denials

^66 (A)As Peter was below in ^(B)the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came, ⁶⁷ and seeing Peter ^(C)warming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You also were with Jesus the ^(D)Nazarene.” ⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he ^(E)went out onto the ^[a]porch.^{[b] 69} The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!” ⁷⁰ But again ^(F)he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, ^(G)for you are a Galilean too.” ⁷¹ But he began to ^[c]curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!” ⁷² Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before ^(H)a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” ^[d]And he began to weep.

^55 (A)After they had kindled a fire in the middle of ^(B)the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter was sitting among them. ⁵⁶ And a servant-girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and looking intently at him, said, “This man was with Him too.” ⁵⁷ But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.” ⁵⁸ A little later, ^(C)another saw him and said, “You are one of them too!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!” ⁵⁹ After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man also was with Him, ^(D)for he is a Galilean too.” ⁶⁰ But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. ^61 (E)The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “^(F)Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.” ⁶² And he went out and wept bitterly.

^16 (A)but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in. ^17 (B)Then the slave-girl who kept the door *said to Peter, “^(C)You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He *said, “I am not.” ¹⁸ Now the slaves and the ^(D)officers were standing there, having made ^(E)a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were ^(F)warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.

Peter’s Denial of Jesus

^25 (A)Now ^(B)Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “^(C)You are not also one of His disciples, are you?” He denied it, and said, “I am not.” ²⁶ One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one ^(D)whose ear Peter cut off, *said, “Did I not see you in ^(E)the garden with Him?” ²⁷ Peter then denied it again, and immediately ^(F)a rooster crowed.