65 Then the high priest tore his garments, and said, 'He blasphemes! What else do we have witnesses for? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy!

E-66 What do you think? And they answered and said, I am guilty of death.

67 Then they spat in His face, and shook Him; and others struck Him on the cheeks

68 And they said, 'Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who smote thee?'

69 And Peter was setting outside in the courtyard. And a maidservant came to him, and said, "And thou wast with Jesus of Galilee."

70 But he denied it before all, saying, 'I do not know what you say.'

71 And as he was going out of the gate, another woman saw him, and said to those who were there, 'This one was also with Jesus of Nazareth.'

72 And again he denied with an oath that he did not know this man.

73 And it came to pass that those who stood there came near, and said unto Peter, Surely thou art also one of them, for thy speech also convicts thee.

74 Then he began to swear and swear that he did not know this man. And suddenly a rooster crowed.

75 And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had spoken to him, 'Before the crows, thou shalt deny me three times.' And when he went out, he wept bitterly.

Chapter 27

1 And it came to pass, when the morning came, that all the chief priests, and the elders of the people, took counsel concerning Jesus, that they might put him to death;

2 And having bound him, they led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

3 Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4 saying, 'I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.' And they said to him, What have we to do with this? See for yourself.

5 И, бросив сребренники в храме, он вышел, пошел и удавился.

6 Первосвященники, взяв сребренники, сказали: непозволительно положить их в сокровищницу церковную, потому что это цена крови.

7 Сделав же совещание, купили на них землю горшечника, для погребения странников;

8 посему и называется земля та «землею крови» до сего дня.

9 Тогда сбылось реченное через пророка Иеремию, который говорит: и взяли тридцать сребренников, цену Оцененного, Которого оценили сыны Израиля,