One of the servants of the high priests, a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, said, "Did I not see you with Him in the garden? Peter again denied.

217. The Second Denial of Peter, According to the Evangelists Matthew and Mark

Mf. 26, 69-75;

Mk. 14, 54-72.

When Peter, who had followed the Lord from afar, led to the court of the high priest, went inside to see the end, and sat down with the servants in the courtyard, warming himself by the fire, one of the high priest's maidservants came there, and seeing Peter warming himself, and looking at him, said, "And you were with Jesus of Galilee of Nazareth." But he denied it before all, saying, "I do not know and do not understand what you say." Having said this, he went out into the front yard; And the rooster crowed.

And as he was going out of the gate that led to the front yard, another maidservant saw him, and began to say to those who were there and those who were standing, "This one of them also; and this one was with Jesus of Nazareth. But Peter again denied with an oath that he did not know this man.

After a while those who stood there again began to say to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech also convicts you; thou art a Galilean, and thy tongue is alike. And he began to swear and swear that he did not know this man, saying, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."

218. The Third Denial of Peter, According to the Evangelist Luke

Lux. 22, 55-62.

After this, Peter again returned from the front yard to the main courtyard and sat down by the fire. When the servants sat in the middle of the courtyard, by the lit fire, Peter also sat among them. A certain maidservant, seeing him sitting by the fire and looking at him, said, "This one was also with him." But Peter denied Him, saying to the woman, "I do not know Him."

A little later, another saw him and said, "Thou art also one of them." But Peter said to the man, "No!

After an hour of time, someone else insistently said, "Surely this one was with Him, for he is a Galilean." But Peter said to the man, "I don't know what you say." And immediately while he was still speaking, the crowed a second time.

Then the Lord, on leaving the Sanhedrin, which was right there in the courtyard, turned and looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, as He had said to him, "Before the crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And going out, he began to weep bitterly.

219. The Guards' Mockery of the Lord