52. Jesus spoke to the group that came to arrest him. They were the leading priests, the older Jewish leaders, and the Jewish soldiers. He said to them, “Why did you come out here with swords and clubs? Do you think I am a criminal?
53. I was with you every day in the Temple area. Why didn’t you try to arrest me there? But this is your time—the time when darkness rules.”
54. They arrested Jesus and took him away to the house of the high priest. Peter followed Jesus but stayed back at a distance.
55. The soldiers started a fire in the middle of the yard and sat together. Peter sat with them.
56. A servant girl saw him sitting there. She could see because of the light from the fire. She looked closely at Peter’s face. Then she said, “This man was also with Jesus.”