Matthew 26:57–69

Jesus Before Caiaphas and the Council

^57pThen ^qthose who had seized Jesus led him to ^rCaiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered. ⁵⁸And ^sPeter was following him at a distance, as far as ^rthe courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with ^tthe guards to see the end. ⁵⁹Now the chief priests and the whole council^{8 u}were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, ⁶⁰but they found none, ^vthough many false witnesses came forward. At last ^wtwo came forward ⁶¹and said, “This man said, ^x‘I am able to ^ydestroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.’ ” ⁶²And the high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”^{9 63z}But Jesus remained silent. ^aAnd the high priest said to him, ^b“I adjure you by ^cthe living God, ^dtell us if you are ^ethe Christ, ^fthe Son of God.” ⁶⁴Jesus said to him, ^g“You have said so. But I tell you, from now on ^hyou will see the Son of Man ⁱseated at the right hand of Power and ^hcoming on the clouds of heaven.” ⁶⁵Then the high priest ^jtore his robes and said, ^k“He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy. ⁶⁶What is your judgment?” They answered, ^l“He deserves death.” ⁶⁷Then ^mthey spit in his face ⁿand ^ostruck him. And some slapped him, ⁶⁸saying, “Prophesy to us, you ^pChrist! Who is it that struck you?”

Peter Denies Jesus

^69qNow Peter was sitting outside ^rin the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”