018:025 But Simon Peter remained standing and warming himself, and this
led to their asking him, "Are you also one of his disciples?"
He denied it, and said, "No, I am not."
018:026 One of the High Priest's servants, a relative of the man
whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you
in the garden with him?"
018:027 Once more Peter denied it, and immediately a cock crowed.
018:028 So they brought Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Praetorium. It was the early morning, and they would not enter the Praetorium themselves for fear of defilement, and in order that they might be able to eat the Passover.
018:029 Accordingly Pilate came out to them and inquired, "What accusation
have you to bring against this man?"
018:030 "If the man were not a criminal," they replied, "we would
not have handed him over to you."
018:031 "Take him yourselves," said Pilate, "and judge him by your Law."
"We have no power," replied the Jews, "to put any man to death."
018:032 They said this that the words might be fulfilled in which Jesus
predicted the kind of death He was to die.
018:033 Re-entering the Praetorium, therefore, Pilate called Jesus
and asked Him, "Are *you* the King of the Jews?"
018:034 "Do you say this of yourself, or have others told it you
about me?" replied Jesus.