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And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
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Jesus answered him,
If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
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Annas therefore sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
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Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore unto him, Art thou also [one] of his disciples? He denied, and said, I am not.
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One of the servants of the high priest, being a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
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Peter therefore denied again: and straightway the cock crew.
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They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.
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Pilate therefore went out unto them, and saith, What accusation bring ye against this man?
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They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.
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Pilate therefore said unto them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
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that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying by what manner of death he should die.