is clothes, and saith, "What need we any
further witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye?" And
they all condemned him to be guilty of death. And some began to spit
on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him,
"Prophesy:" and the servants did strike him with the palms of their
hands.

And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids
of the high priest: and when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked
upon him, and said, "And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth." But
he denied, saying, "I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest."
And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, "This
is one of them." And he denied it again. And a little after, they
that stood by said again to Peter, "Surely thou art one of them: for
thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto." But he began to
curse and to swear, saying, "I know not this man of whom ye speak."

And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word
that Jesus said unto him, "Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny
me thrice." And when he thought thereon, he wept.

CHAPTER XV

CRUCIFIED, DEAD AND BURIED

And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation
with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and
carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

And Pilate asked him, "Art thou the King of the Jews?"

And he answering said unto him, "Thou sayest it."

And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered
nothing. And Pilate asked him again, saying, "Answerest thou nothing?
Behold how many things they witness against thee."

But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they
desired. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them
that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the
insurrection. And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do
as he had ever done unto them. But Pilate answered them, saying:

"Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?"

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. But the
chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas
unto them. And Pilate answered and said again unto them:

"What will ye then that I shall do unto him