Peter’s Denial of Jesus. ^66 (A)While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s maids came along. ⁶⁷ Seeing Peter warming himself, she looked intently at him and said, “You too were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” ^68 [a]But he denied it saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” So he went out into the outer court. [Then the cock crowed.] ⁶⁹ The maid saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.” ⁷⁰ Once again he denied it. A little later the bystanders said to Peter once more, “Surely you are one of them; for you too are a Galilean.” ⁷¹ He began to curse and to swear, “I do not know this man about whom you are talking.” ⁷² And immediately a cock crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before the cock crows twice you will deny me three times.” He broke down and wept.^(B)

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.

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)