John 18:13-28

13They led Him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the kohen gadol that year.

14Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Judean leaders that it was better for one man to die on behalf of the people.

15Simon Peter was following Yeshua with another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the kohen gadol , so he went with Yeshua into the court of the kohen gadol .

16But Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the kohen gadol , went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

17The maidservant at the door says to Peter, “Aren’t you one of this Man’s disciples too?” He says, “No, I’m not.”

18The servants and officers were standing around a fire they had made, because it was cold and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.

19The kohen gadol then questioned Yeshua about His disciples and His teaching.

20“I have spoken openly to the world,” Yeshua answered him. “I always taught in the synagogues and the Temple, where all the Jewish people come together. I spoke nothing in secret.

21Why question Me? Ask those who have heard what I spoke to them. Look, they know what I said.”

22When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby gave Yeshua a slap, saying, “Is that the way you answer the kohen gadol ?”

23Yeshua answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, give evidence of the wrong; but if rightly, why hit Me?”

24Then Annas sent Him, still tied up, to Caiaphas, the kohen gadol .

25Now Simon Peter was standing outside and warming himself. So they said to him, “Aren’t you one of His disciples too?” He denied it and said, “No, I’m not!”

26One of the servants of the kohen gadol , a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with Him?”

27Again Peter denied it, and immediately a rooster crowed.

28Then they led Yeshua from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not enter the Praetorium, so they would not become unclean but might eat the Passover.