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Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said to them; they know what I said."
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When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby struck Jesus on the face, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"
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Jesus answered, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong. But if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?"
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Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
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Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They asked him, "You are not also one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not."
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One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?"
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Again Peter denied it, and at that moment the cock crowed.
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Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate's headquarters. It was early in the morning. They themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat the Passover.
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So Pilate went out to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
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They answered, "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."
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Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him according to your law." The Jews replied, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death."