Mat 26:57-58, 69-75, Mar 14:53-54, 66-72, Joh 18:12-18, 25-27 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Is Tried before the High Priest Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

Matthew 26:57-58

57 Jesus Is Tried before the High Priest Mark 14:53-65; Luke 22:54-55, 63-71; John 18:13-14, 19-24Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.Mark 14:53; Luke 22:54; John 18:12-13, 24 58 Peter, however, followed him at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He went inside and sat down with the servants to see how this would end.

Matthew 26:69-75

69 Peter Denies Jesus Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:56-62; John 18:15-18, 25-27Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when a servant girl came up to him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean.”Mark 14:66; Luke 22:55; John 18:16-17, 25

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

71 As he went out to the gateway, another woman saw him and said to those who were there, “This man was with Jesus from Nazareth.” ^{▼▼Nazareth. 26:71 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the name}

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

73 After a little while the people who were standing there came up and said to Peter, “Obviously you're also one of them, because your accent gives you away.”Luke 22:59

74 Then he began to invoke a divine curse and to swear with an oath, “I don't know the man!” Just then a rooster crowed.Mark 14:71 75 Peter remembered the words of Jesus when he said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Then he went outside and cried bitterly.Matt 26:34; Mark 14:30; Luke 22:61-62; John 13:38

Mark 14:53-54

53 Jesus Is Tried before the High Priest Matthew 26:57-68; Luke 22:54-55; John 18:13-14, 19-24Then they took Jesus to the high priest. All the high priests, elders, and scribes had gathered together.Matt 26:57; Luke 22:54; John 18:13 54 Peter followed him at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the servants and warming himself at the fire.

Mark 14:66-72

66 Peter Denies Jesus Matthew 26:69-75; Luke 22:56-62; John 18:15-18, 25-27While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's servant girls came by.Matt 26:58, 69; Luke 22:55; John 18:16 67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she glared at him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus from Nazareth.”

68 But he denied it, saying, “I don't know or understand what you're talking about.” Then he went out into the entryway. Just then a rooster crowed. ^{▼▼Other mss. lack Just then a rooster crowed}

69 The servant girl saw him and again said to those who were standing around, “This man is one of them!”Matt 26:71; Luke 22:58; John 18:25 70 Again he denied it.

After a little while the people who were standing there began to say to Peter again, “Obviously you're one of them, because you are a Galilean!”Matt 26:73; Luke 22:59; John 18:26; Acts 2:7

71 Then he began to invoke a divine curse and to 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 deny me three times.” Then he broke down and cried.Matt 26:75

John 18:12-18

12 Jesus before the High Priest Matthew 26:57-58; Mark 14:53-54; Luke 22:54Then the soldiers, along with their commander and the Jewish officers, arrested Jesus and tied him up. 13 First they brought him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.Matt 26:57; Luke 3:2 14 Caiaphas was the person who had advised the Jews that it was better to have one man die for the people.John 11:50

15 Peter Denies Jesus Matthew 26:69-70; Mark 14:66-68; Luke 22:55-57Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since the other disciple was known to the high priest, he accompanied Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.Matt 26:58; Mark 14:54; Luke 22:54 16 Peter, however, stood outside the gate. So this other disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the gatekeeper and brought Peter inside.Matt 26:69; Mark 14:66; Luke 22:54 17 The young woman at the gate said to Peter, “You aren't one of this man's disciples, too, are you?”

He said, “I am not.” 18 Meanwhile, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had built and were warming themselves because it was cold. Peter was also standing with them, keeping himself warm.

John 18:25-27

25 Peter Denies Jesus Again Matthew 26:71-75; Mark 14:69-72; Luke 22:58-62Meanwhile, Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “You aren't one of his disciples, too, are you?”

He denied it by saying, “I am not!”Matt 26:69, 71; Mark 14:69; Luke 22:58

26 Then one of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “I saw you in the garden with him, didn't I?” 27 Peter again denied it, and immediately a rooster crowed.Matt 26:74; Mark 14:72; Luke 22:60; John 13:38