Luke 22:55-69

⁵⁵They kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together. Peter sat among them.

⁵⁶As the light from the fire shone on his face, a female servant saw him and looked intently at him. She said, “This man was also with the man whom they have arrested!”

⁵⁷But Peter denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him!”

⁵⁸A little later someone else saw Peter and said, “You (sg) also are one of those who were with the man they arrested!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not one of them!”

⁵⁹About an hour later someone else said emphatically about Peter, “ The way that this man speaks shows that he is from Galilee district. Certainly this man was also with the man whom they arrested, who is from Galilee!”

⁶⁰But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you (sg) are talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

⁶¹The Lord Jesus turned around and looked right at Peter. Then Peter remembered what the Lord had said to him, “This night, before the rooster crows, you (sg) will deny three times that you know me.”

⁶²And Peter went out of the courtyard and cried very sorrowfully.

⁶³The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him.

⁶⁴They put a blindfold on him and beat him again. Then they said to him, “ Because you(sg) say IRO that you are a prophet, prove it by telling us who it was that struck you!”

⁶⁵They said many other evil things about him, insulting him.

⁶⁶At dawn the next morning, many of the Jewish leaders gathered together. The group included the chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws. They took Jesus to the Jewish Council. There the men of the Council said to him,

⁶⁷“If you (sg) are the Messiah, tell us!” But he replied, “If I tell you that, you will not believe me.

⁶⁸If I ask you what you think about the Messiah, you will not answer me.

⁶⁹But some day you will see me, the one who came from heaven, sitting next to almighty God and ruling MTY!”