49The men who were with Jesus saw what was going to happen. So they asked him, "Lord, should we use our swords to fight?"
50One of the disciples cut off the right ear of the chief priest's servant.
51But Jesus said, "Stop! That's enough of this." Then he touched the servant's ear and healed him.
52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple guards, and leaders who had come for him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?
53I was with you in the temple courtyard every day and you didn't try to arrest me. But this is your time, when darkness rules."
54So they arrested Jesus and led him away to the chief priest's house. Peter followed at a distance. 55Some men had lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard. As they sat together, Peter sat among them. 56A female servant saw him as he sat facing the glow of the fire. She stared at him and said, "This man was with Jesus." 57But Peter denied it by saying, "I don't know him, woman." 58A little later someone else saw Peter and said, "You are one of them." But Peter said, "Not me!" 59About an hour later another person insisted, "It's obvious that this man was with him. He's a Galilean!" 60But Peter said, "I don't know what you're talking about!" Just then, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. 61Then the Lord turned and looked directly at Peter. Peter remembered what the Lord had said: "Before a rooster crows today, you will say three times that you don't know me." 62Then Peter went outside and cried bitterly.
63The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him as they beat him. 64They blindfolded him and said to him, "Tell us who hit you." 65They also insulted him in many other ways.
66In the morning the council of the people's leaders, the chief priests and the scribes, gathered together. They brought Jesus in front of their highest court and asked him, 67"Tell us, are you the Messiah?" Jesus said to them, "If I tell you, you won't believe me. 68And if I ask you, you won't answer. 69But from now on, the Son of Man will be in the highest position in heaven." 70Then all of them said, "So you're the Son of God?" Jesus answered them, "You're right to say that I am." 71Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We've heard him say it ourselves."
