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and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.
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The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching;
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Jesus answered him, `I spake freely to the world, I did always teach in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews do always come together; and in secret I spake nothing;
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why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.'
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And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, `Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?'
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Jesus answered him, `If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?'
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Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest.
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And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, they said then to him, `Art thou also of his disciples?' he denied, and said, `I am not.'
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One of the servants of the chief priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, `Did not I see thee in the garden with him?'
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again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.
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They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover;