54 Then they seized Him and led Him away, bringing Him into the house of the high priest. Peter was following at a distance. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and were seated together, Peter sat among them. 56 Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and gazing [intently] at him, said, This man too was with 1 Him. 57 But he denied it and said, Woman, I do not know Him! 58 And a little later someone else saw him and said, You are one of them also. But Peter said, Man, I am not! 59 And when about an hour more had elapsed, still another emphatically insisted, It is the truth that this man also was with Him, for he too is a Galilean! 60 But Peter said, Man, I do not know what you are talking about. And instantly, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. 61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter recalled the Lord's words, how He had told him, Before the cock crows today, you will deny Me thrice. 62 And he went out and wept bitterly [that is, with painfully moving grief].