60. Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
61. But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
62. “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
63. Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?
64. You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?” They all condemned him as deserving death.
65. Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat him.
66. Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls came by.
67. When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said, “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”
68. But he denied it: “I don’t even understand what you’re talking about!” Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.
69. When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”