Peter’s Denial of Jesus^(A)

⁶⁶ While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came. ⁶⁷ When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” Then he went out to the porch, and a rooster crowed.

⁶⁹ The servant girl saw him again and began to say to those who stood by, “This man is one of them.” ⁷⁰ But again, he denied it.

A little while later, those who stood by said again to Peter, “Surely, you are one of them. For you are a Galilean, and your speech confirms it.”

⁷¹ Peter began to invoke a curse on himself, and to swear, “I do not know this Man of whom you speak.”

⁷² And the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And when he thought on this, he wept.

⁵⁶ Then a servant girl saw him as he sat near the fire, and gazed at him, and said, “This man was with Him.”

⁵⁷ But he denied Him, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.”

⁵⁸ A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.”

Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

⁵⁹ About an hour later another man firmly declared, “Certainly, this man also was with Him, for he is a Galilean.”

⁶⁰ Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying.” Immediately, while he was yet speaking, the rooster crowed. ⁶¹ The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” ⁶² And Peter went outside and wept bitterly.

Peter’s Denial of Jesus^(A)

¹⁵ Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. That disciple was known to the high priest and went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. ¹⁶ But Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

¹⁷ Then the servant girl, being the doorkeeper, said to Peter, “Are you not also one of this Man’s disciples?”

He said, “I am not.”

¹⁸ Now the servants and officers stood there and warmed themselves, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. Peter also stood with them and warmed himself.

Peter Denies Jesus Again^(A)

²⁵ Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “Are you not also one of His disciples?”

He denied it and said, “I am not!”

²⁶ One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of the man whose ear Peter cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?” ²⁷ Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.