Peter Denies Jesus^(A)

⁶⁹ Peter was sitting in the courtyard. A female servant came to him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean.”

⁷⁰ But Peter denied it in front of them all by saying, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

⁷¹ As he went to the entrance, another female servant saw him. She told those who were there, “This man was with Jesus from Nazareth.”

⁷² Again Peter denied it and swore with an oath, “I don’t know the man!”

⁷³ After a little while the men standing there approached Peter and said, “It’s obvious you’re also one of them. Your accent gives you away!”

⁷⁴ Then Peter began to curse and swear with an oath, “I don’t know the man!” Just then a rooster crowed. ⁷⁵ Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before a rooster crows, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Then Peter went outside and cried bitterly.

Peter Denies Jesus^(A)

⁶⁶ Peter was in the courtyard. One of the chief priest’s female servants ⁶⁷ saw Peter warming himself. She looked at him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus from Nazareth!”

⁶⁸ But Peter denied it by saying, “I don’t know him, and I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

He went to the entrance. Then a rooster crowed.^[a]

⁶⁹ The servant saw him. Once again she said to those who were standing around, “This man is one of them!” ⁷⁰ Peter again denied it.

After a little while the men standing there said to Peter again, “It’s obvious you’re one of them. You’re a Galilean!”

⁷¹ Then Peter began to curse and swear with an oath, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about!” ⁷² Just then a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered that Jesus said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Then Peter began to cry very hard.

Peter Denies Jesus^(A)

¹⁵ Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. The other disciple was well-known to the chief priest. So that disciple went with Jesus into the chief priest’s courtyard. ¹⁶ Peter, however, was standing outside the gate. The other disciple talked to the woman who was the gatekeeper and brought Peter into the courtyard.

¹⁷ The gatekeeper asked Peter, “Aren’t you one of this man’s disciples too?”

Peter answered, “No, I’m not!”

¹⁸ The servants and the guards were standing around a fire they had built and were warming themselves because it was cold. Peter was standing there, too, and warming himself with the others.

Peter Denies Jesus Again^(A)

²⁵ Simon Peter continued to stand and warm himself by the fire. Some men asked him, “Aren’t you, too, one of his disciples?”

Peter denied it by saying, “No, I’m not!”

²⁶ One of the chief priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked him, “Didn’t I see you with Jesus in the garden?”

²⁷ Peter again denied it, and just then a rooster crowed.