"See you say nothing to any one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your purification what Moses commanded for a testimony to them."

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which none but priests may eat, and gave some to his men?

But one of the bystanders drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Then they took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and Scribes came with him.

Peter also had followed Jesus at a distance, until he was inside the court of the high priest. There he was sitting among the officers, warming himself in the light of the fire.

Then the high priest rose and stood forth among them. "Have you no answer to make?" he asked Jesus; "What is it that these testify against you?"

But he remained silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest questioned him. "Are you the Christ," he said, "the Son of the Blessed?"

Then the high priest tore his vestments. "Why do we need any further witness?" he exclaimed.

Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, there came one of the maid servants of the high priest, and saw Peter warming himself.