17. Then the slave girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you? ”“I am not! ” he said.
18. Now the slaves and the temple police had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold. They were standing there warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, warming himself.
19. The high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching.
20. “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered him. “I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple complex, where all the Jews congregate, and I haven’t spoken anything in secret.
21. Why do you question Me? Question those who heard what I told them. Look, they know what I said.”
22. When He had said these things, one of the temple police standing by slapped Jesus, saying, “Is this the way you answer the high priest? ”
23. “If I have spoken wrongly,” Jesus answered him, “give evidence about the wrong; but if rightly, why do you hit Me? ”
24. Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
25. Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of His disciples too, are you? ”He denied it and said, “I am not! ”
26. One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden? ”
27. Peter then denied it again. Immediately a rooster crowed.
28. Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
29. Then Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring against this man? ”
30. They answered him, “If this man weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed Him over to you.”