Luke 22:54–71

Peter Disowns Jesus

22:55–62pp—Mt 26:69–75; Mk 14:66–72; Jn 18:16–18,25–27

⁵⁴Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest.ⁱ Peter followed at a distance.^{j 55}And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. ⁵⁶A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, “This man was with him.”

⁵⁷But he denied it. “Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.

⁵⁸A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.”

“Man, I am not!” Peter replied.

⁵⁹About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.”^k

⁶⁰Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. ⁶¹The Lord^l turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”^{m 62}And he went outside and wept bitterly.

The Guards Mock Jesus

22:63–65pp—Mt 26:67,68; Mk 14:65; Jn 18:22,23

⁶³The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. ⁶⁴They blindfolded him and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?” ⁶⁵And they said many other insulting things to him.ⁿ

Jesus Before Pilate and Herod

22:67–71pp—Mt 26:63–66; Mk 14:61–63; Jn 18:19–21 23:2,3pp—Mt 27:11–14; Mk 15:2–5; Jn 18:29–37 23:18–25pp—Mt 27:15–26; Mk 15:6–15; Jn 18:39–19:16

⁶⁶At daybreak the council^o of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law, met together,^p and Jesus was led before them. ⁶⁷“If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.”

Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, ⁶⁸and if I asked you, you would not answer.^{q 69}But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”^r

⁷⁰They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?”^s

He replied, “You say that I am.”^t

⁷¹Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.”