As Simon Peter stood and warmed himself, they said to him, Are you not
also one of His disciples? He denied it and said, I am not. Then one of
the high priest's servants, a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut,
said, Did I not see you in the garden with Him? Peter denied again.
Immediately the cock crowed.
Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment. It was early
and they themselves did not go into the judgment hall lest they be
defiled and not be able to eat the passover. Pilate went outside to
them and said, What accusation do you make against this man? They said
to him, If He were not a criminal we would not have brought Him to you.
Then Pilate said to them, Take Him and judge Him according to your law.
The Jews said, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death. This
agreed with Jesus' words when He spoke of what death He would die.
Pilate went into the judgment hall again. He called Jesus and said to
Him, Art Thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, Do you ask this
on your own or did others tell you to ask this? Pilate answered, Am I a
Jew? Your own people and the chief priests have delivered you to me.
What have you done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If
my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight so I would not
be turned over to the Jews.
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