Luke 22:54-66

New American Standard Bible 1995

Jesus’ Arrest

^54 (A)Having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but ^(B)Peter was following at a distance. ^55 (C)After they had kindled a fire in the middle of ^(D)the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter was sitting among them. ⁵⁶ And a servant-girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and looking intently at him, said, “This man was with Him too.” ⁵⁷ But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.” ⁵⁸ A little later, ^(E)another saw him and said, “You are one of them too!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!” ⁵⁹ After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man also was with Him, ^(F)for he is a Galilean too.” ⁶⁰ But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. ^61 (G)The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “^(H)Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.” ⁶² And he went out and wept bitterly.

^63 (I)Now the men who were holding ^[a]Jesus in custody were mocking Him and beating Him, ⁶⁴ and they blindfolded Him and were asking Him, saying, “^(J)Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?” ⁶⁵ And they were saying many other things against Him, ^(K)blaspheming.

Jesus before the Sanhedrin

^66 (L)When it was day, ^(M)the ^[b]Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their ^(N)council chamber, saying,