Mark 14:53-72 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Mark 14:53-72

Jesus Before His Accusers

53 ^aThen they led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes *gathered together. 54 And Peter followed Him at a distance, ^aright into ^bthe courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the ¹officers and ^cwarming himself at the ²fire. 55 Now the chief priests and the whole ¹^aSanhedrin were seeking to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any. 56 For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent. 57 And some, standing up, were giving false testimony against Him, saying, 58 “We ourselves heard Him say, ‘^aI will destroy this ¹sanctuary made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’” 59 And not even in this way was their testimony consistent. 60 And the high priest stood up in their midst and questioned Jesus, saying, “You answer nothing? What are these men testifying against You?” 61 ^aBut He kept silent and did not answer. ^bAgain the high priest was questioning Him and *said to Him, “Are You the ¹Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?” 62 And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see ^athe Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and ^bcoming with the clouds of heaven.” 63 ^aAnd tearing his tunics, the high priest *said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? 64 You have heard the ^ablasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death. 65 And some began to ^aspit at Him, and ¹^bto blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “^cProphesy!” And the officers ²received Him with ³slaps in the face.

Peter’s Denials

66 ^aAnd as Peter was below in ^bthe courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came, 67 and seeing Peter ^awarming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You also were with the ^bNazarene, Jesus.” 68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he ^awent out into the entryway.¹ 69 And when the servant-girl saw him, she began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!” 70 But again ^ahe was denying it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, ^bfor you are also a Galilean.” 71 But he began to ¹curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!” 72 And immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said the statement to him, “Before ^aa rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” ¹And throwing himself down, he began to cry.