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Now the servants and the officers were standing [there], having made a fire of coals; for it was cold; and they were warming themselves: and Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.
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The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his teaching.
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Jesus answered him,
I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and in secret spake I nothing.
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Why askest thou me? Ask them that have heard [me], what I spake unto them: behold, these know the things which I said.
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And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
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Jesus answered him,
If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
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Annas therefore sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
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Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore unto him, Art thou also [one] of his disciples? He denied, and said, I am not.
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One of the servants of the high priest, being a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
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Peter therefore denied again: and straightway the cock crew.
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They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.