At once, while he was still speaking, a cock crowed. 61 The Lord turned round and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered that the Lord had said to him, “Before the cock crows tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me.” 62 Peter went out and wept bitterly.

Jesus is Mocked and Beaten  

63. The men who were guarding Jesus mocked him and beat him. 64 They blindfolded him and asked him, “Who hit you? Guess!” 65 And they said many other insulting things to him.

Jesus is brought before the Council

66. When day came, the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law met together, and Jesus was brought before the council. 67 “Tell us,” they said, “are you the Messiah?”

He answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me; 68 and if I ask you a question, you will not answer. 69 But from now on the Son of man will be seated on the right of Almighty God.”

70. They all said, “Are you, then, the Son of God?”

He answered them, “you say that I am.”

71. And they said, “We don’t need any witnesses! We ourselves have heard what he said!”

Chapter-23 Jesus is brought before Pilate

1. The whole group rose up and took Jesus before Pilate, 2 where they began to accuse him: “We caught this man misleading our people, telling them not to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”

3. Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“So you say,” answered Jesus.

4. Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no reason to condemn this man.”

5. But they insisted even more strongly, “With his teaching he is starting a riot among the people all through Judaea. He began in Galilee and now has come here.”