"Man," he said, "I certainly am not!"
But after a while another person spoke up and said:
"Of course you are one of Jesus' disciples. You are from Galilee. We can tell from the way you talk."
Peter began to curse and swear, saying, "I don't even know this Jesus that you are talking about!"
At that moment the rooster began to crow. At the same time Jesus passed by the doorway, and looked at Peter.
Peter remembered what Jesus had said, "Before the rooster crows, you will three times say that you do not know me."
Peter went out of the palace, and wept bitterly.
The great council of the Jews might say that a man deserved to die, but they could not put anyone to death. Only the Roman governor could do that.
The Roman governor, whose name was Pontius Pilate, was in Jerusalem for the Passover. As soon as it was daylight, the council took Jesus over to Pilate's palace.
When Judas Iscariot saw what was happening, he suddenly realized what he had done. He came to the chief priests, and brought them back the thirty pieces of silver they had given him for turning traitor. He cried out: