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But even though many stepped up, making up one false accusation after another, nothing was believable.
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with this: "He said, 'I can tear down this Temple of God and after three days rebuild it.'"
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The Chief Priest stood up and said, "What do you have to say to the accusation?"
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Jesus kept silent. Then the Chief Priest said, "I command you by the authority of the living God to say if you are the Messiah, the Son of God."
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Jesus was curt: "You yourself said it. And that's not all. Soon you'll see it for yourself: The Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Mighty One, Arriving on the clouds of heaven."
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At that, the Chief Priest lost his temper, ripping his robes, yelling, "He blasphemed! Why do we need witnesses to accuse him? You all heard him blaspheme!
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Are you going to stand for such blasphemy?" They all said, "Death! That seals his death sentence."
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Then they were spitting in his face and banging him around. They jeered as they slapped him:
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"Prophesy, Messiah: Who hit you that time?" Denial in the Courtyard
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All this time, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard. One servant girl came up to him and said, "You were with Jesus the Galilean."
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In front of everybody there, he denied it. "I don't know what you're talking about."