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Then the High Priest stood up and asked Him, "Have you no answer to make? What is it these men are saying in evidence against you?"
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Jesus however remained silent. Again the High Priest addressed Him. "In the name of the ever-living God," he said, "I now put you on your oath. Tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
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"I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
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Then the High Priest tore his robes and exclaimed, "Impious language! What further need have we of witnesses! See, you have now heard the impiety.
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What is your verdict?" "He deserves to die," they replied.
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Then they spat in His face, and struck Him--some with the fist, some with the open hand--
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while they taunted Him, saying, "Christ, prove yourself a Prophet by telling us who it was that struck you."
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Peter meanwhile was sitting outside in the court of the palace, when one of the maidservants came over to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilaean."
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He denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."
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Soon afterwards he went out and stood in the gateway, when another girl saw him, and said, addressing the people there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene."
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Again he denied it with an oath. "I do not know the man," he said.