John 18:12–28

¹²The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him.

¹³And they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year, ¹⁴and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it is good for one man to perish for the people. ¹⁵And following Jesus was Simon Peter, and the other disciple, and that disciple was known to the chief priest, and he entered with Jesus to the hall of the chief priest, ¹⁶and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the female keeping the door, and he brought in Peter. ¹⁷Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, ‘Art thou also of the disciples of this man?’ he saith, ‘I am not;’ ¹⁸and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself. ¹⁹The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching; ²⁰Jesus answered him, ‘I spake freely to the world, I did always teach in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews do always come together; and in secret I spake nothing; ²¹why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.’ ²²And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, ‘Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?’ ²³Jesus answered him, ‘If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?’ ²⁴Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest. ²⁵And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, they said then to him, ‘Art thou also of his disciples?’ he denied, and said, ‘I am not.’ ²⁶One of the servants of the chief priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, ‘Did not I see thee in the garden with him?’ ²⁷again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.

²⁸They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover;