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Thereupon some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, while striking Him with their fists and crying, "Prove that you are a prophet." The officers too struck Him with open hands as they took Him in charge.
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Now while Peter was below in the quadrangle, one of the High Priest's maidservants came,
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and seeing Peter warming himself she looked at him and said, "You also were with Jesus, the Nazarene."
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But he denied it, and said, "I don't know--I don't understand--What do you mean?" And then he went out into the outer court. Just then a cock crowed.
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Again the maidservant saw him, and again began to say to the people standing by, "He is one of them."
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A second time he repeatedly denied it. Soon afterwards the bystanders again accused Peter, saying, "You are surely one of them, for you too are a Galilaean."
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But he broke out into curses and oaths, declaring, "I know nothing of the man you are talking about."
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No sooner had he spoken than a cock crowed for the second time, and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, "Before the cock crows twice, you will three times disown me." And as he thought of it, he wept aloud.