John 18:12–28

Jesus before the Priests

^12aSo ^bthe Roman ¹cohort and the ²commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,

¹³and led Him to ^aAnnas first; for he was father-in-law of ^bCaiaphas, who was high priest that year.

¹⁴Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that ^ait was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people.

^15aSimon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into ^bthe court of the high priest,

^16abut Peter was standing at 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.

^17aThen the slave-girl who kept the door said to Peter, “^bYou are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.”

¹⁸Now the slaves and the ^aofficers were standing there, having made ^ba charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were ^cwarming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.

^19aThe high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

²⁰Jesus answered him, “I ^ahave spoken openly to the world; I always ^btaught in ¹synagogues and ^cin the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.

²¹“Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said.”

²²When He had said this, one of the ^aofficers standing nearby ^bstruck Jesus, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high priest?”

^23aJesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?”

^24aSo Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter’s Denial of Jesus

^25aNow ^bSimon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “^cYou 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, being a relative of the one ^awhose ear Peter cut off, said, “Did I not see you in ^bthe garden with Him?”

²⁷Peter then denied it again, and immediately ^aa rooster crowed.

Jesus before Pilate

^28aThen they led Jesus from ^bCaiaphas into ^cthe ¹Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium so that ^dthey would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.