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Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.
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The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.
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Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing.
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Why do you ask Me? Ask those who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they know what I said."
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And when He had said these things, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, "Do You answer the high priest like that?"
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Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?"
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Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
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Now Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. Therefore they said to him, "You are not also one of His disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not!"
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One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?"
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Peter then denied again; and immediately a rooster crowed.
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Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. But they themselves did not go into the Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.