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Jesus replied, "If I've said something wrong, prove it. But if I've spoken the plain truth, why this slapping around?"
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Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to the Chief Priest Caiaphas.
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Meanwhile, Simon Peter was back at the fire, still trying to get warm. The others there said to him, "Aren't you one of his disciples?" He denied it, "Not me."
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One of the Chief Priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?"
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Again, Peter denied it. Just then a rooster crowed.
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They led Jesus then from Caiaphas to the Roman governor's palace. It was early morning. They themselves didn't enter the palace because they didn't want to be disqualified from eating the Passover.
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So Pilate came out to them and spoke. "What charge do you bring against this man?"
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They said, "If he hadn't been doing something evil, do you think we'd be here bothering you?"
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Pilate said, "You take him. Judge him by your law."
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(This would confirm Jesus' word indicating the way he would die.)
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Pilate went back into the palace and called for Jesus. He said, "Are you the 'King of the Jews'?"