Luke 22:54-62 ▼

54 Then they seized Him, and led Him away and brought Him to the [elegant] house of the [Jewish] high priest. And Peter was following at a [safe] distance.

55 After they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.

56 And a servant-girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and looking intently at him, said, “This man was with Him too.”

57 But Peter denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him!”

58 A little later someone else saw him and said, “You are one of them too.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

59 After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, “This man was with Him, for he is a Galilean too.”

60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

61 The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

62 And he went out and wept bitterly [deeply grieved and distressed].