John 18:15–27

Peter Denies Jesus the First Time

¹⁵So Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. (Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.) ¹⁶But Peter was standing by the door outside. So the other disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in. ¹⁷Then the female slave who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You are not also one of the disciples of this man, are you?”^* He said, “I am not!” ¹⁸(Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing there with them and warming himself.)

Jesus Before Annas

¹⁹So the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. ²⁰Jesus replied to him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in the synagogue and in the temple courts^* where all the Jews assemble, and I have said nothing in secret. ²¹Why are you asking me? Ask those who heard what I have said to them! Behold, these people know what I said.” ²²Now when^* he had said these things, one of the officers who was standing by gave a slap in the face to Jesus, saying, “Do you reply to the high priest in this way?” ²³Jesus replied to him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify about what is wrong! But if I have spoken^* correctly, why do you strike me?” ²⁴Then Annas sent him, tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter Denies Jesus the Second and Third Times

²⁵Now Simon Peter was standing there and warming himself. So they said to him, “You are not also one of his disciples, are you?”^* He denied it^* and said, “I am not!” ²⁶One of the slaves of the high priest, who was related to the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?” ²⁷So Peter denied it^* again, and immediately a rooster crowed.