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Then some began spitting at him; and after blindfolding him, they started pounding him with their fists and saying to him, "Let's see you prophesy!" And as the guards took him, they beat him too.
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Meanwhile, Kefa was still in the courtyard below. One of the serving girls of the cohen hagadol
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saw Kefa warming himself, took a look at him, and said, "You were with the man from Natzeret, Yeshua!"
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But he denied it, saying, "I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about!" He went outside into the entryway, and a rooster crowed.
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The girl saw him there and started telling the bystanders, "This fellow is one of them."
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Again he denied it. A little later, the bystanders themselves said to Kefa, "You must be one of them, because you're from the Galil."
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At this he began to invoke a curse on himself as he swore, "I do not know this man you are telling me about!" --
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and immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Kefa remembered what Yeshua had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will disown me three times." And throwing himself down, he burst into tears.