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One of them took a swing at the Chief Priest's servant and cut off his right ear.
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Jesus said, "Let them be. Even in this." Then, touching the servant's ear, he healed him.
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Jesus spoke to those who had come - high priests, Temple police, religion leaders: "What is this, jumping me with swords and clubs as if I were a dangerous criminal?
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Day after day I've been with you in the Temple and you've not so much as lifted a hand against me. But do it your way - it's a dark night, a dark hour."
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Arresting Jesus, they marched him off and took him into the house of the Chief Priest. Peter followed, but at a safe distance.
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In the middle of the courtyard some people had started a fire and were sitting around it, trying to keep warm.
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One of the serving maids sitting at the fire noticed him, then took a second look and said, "This man was with him!"
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He denied it, "Woman, I don't even know him."
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A short time later, someone else noticed him and said, "You're one of them." But Peter denied it: "Man, I am not."
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About an hour later, someone else spoke up, really adamant: "He's got to have been with him! He's got 'Galilean' written all over him."
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Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about." At that very moment, the last word hardly off his lips, a rooster crowed.