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 And after the space, as it were of one hour, another 14 certain
                                 man affirmed, saying: "Of a truth , this man was also with Him, for he is also a Galilean!" And
                                    Peter said, "Man, I know not what thou sayest." And they that stood by said to Peter : "Surely
                    thou also art one of them, for even thy speech doth discover thee!" But he began
                                        to curse and to swear, saying: "I know not this man of Whom you speak!" One of the servants of the
                                high priest (a kinsman to him whose ear Peter cut off) seeing him, said: "Thou also art one of
                                    them! Did I not see thee in the garden with Him?" But Peter again denied and said: "O man, I am
                                        not!" And immediately, as he was yet speaking, the cock crew again. And the Lord turning looked on
                                            Peter. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said unto him: "Before the cock crow twice,
thou shalt deny Me thrice." And going out, he wept bitterly.
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                                    The high priest therefore asked Jesus of His disciples, and of His doctrine. Jesus answered him:
                                "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue and in the Temple,
                                            whither all the Jews resort, and in secret I have spoken nothing. Why asketh thou Me? Ask them who
                            have heard what I have spoken unto them. Behold, they know what things I have said."

                                    And when He had said these things, one of the servants standing by, gave Jesus a blow, saying,
                                    answerest Thou the high priest so?" Jesus answered him: "If I have spoken evil, give testimony
of the evil; but if well, why strikest thou Me?"

And Annas sent Him bound to Caiphas the high priest.

Matthew 26:57-58, 69-75; Mark 14:54, 66-72;
Luke 22:54-62; John 18: 12-27

14 An other: Observe here, in order to reconcile the four Evangelists, that diverse persons
concurred in charging Peter with being Christ's disciple, till at length they brought him to
deny Him thrice. I ) The portress that let him in , and afterwards seeing him at the fire,
first put the question to him; and then positively affirmed that he was with Christ. 2) An
other maid accused him to the standers-by, and gave occasion to others there present to
renew the charge against him, which caused the second denial. 3) Others of the company took
notice of his being a Galilean, and were seconded by the kings man of Malchus, who affirmed he
had seen him in the garden. And this drew on the third denial.