53. Day after day I was with you in the temple area, and you did not seize me; but this is your hour, the time for the power of darkness.”
54. After arresting him they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest; Peter was following at a distance.
55. They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter sat down with them.
56. When a maid saw him seated in the light, she looked intently at him and said, “This man too was with him.”
57. But he denied it saying, “Woman, I do not know him.”
58. A short while later someone else saw him and said, “You too are one of them”; but Peter answered, “My friend, I am not.”
59. About an hour later, still another insisted, “Assuredly, this man too was with him, for he also is a Galilean.”
60. But Peter said, “My friend, I do not know what you are talking about.” Just as he was saying this, the cock crowed,
61. and the Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three times.”