54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest鈥檚 house. But Peter was following at a distance. 55 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. 56 Then a servant-girl, seeing him in the firelight, stared at him and said, 鈥淭his man also was with him.鈥� 57 But he denied it, saying, 鈥淲oman, I do not know him.鈥� 58 A little later someone else, on seeing him, said, 鈥淵ou also are one of them.鈥� But Peter said, 鈥淢an, I am not!鈥� 59 Then about an hour later still another kept insisting, 鈥淪urely this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean.鈥� 60 But Peter said, 鈥淢an, I do not know what you are talking about!鈥� At that moment, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. 61 The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, 鈥淏efore the cock crows today, you will deny me three times.鈥� 62 And he went out and wept bitterly.听
63 Now the men who were holding Jesus began to mock him and beat him; 64 they also blindfolded him and kept asking him, 鈥淧rophesy! Who is it that struck you?鈥� 65 They kept heaping many other insults on him.听
66 When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, gathered together, and they brought him to their council. 67 They said, 鈥淚f you are the Messiah, [184] tell us.鈥� He replied, 鈥淚f I tell you, you will not believe; 68 and if I question you, you will not answer. 69 But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.鈥� 70 All of them asked, 鈥淎re you, then, the Son of God?鈥� He said to them, 鈥淵ou say that I am.鈥� 71 Then they said, 鈥淲hat further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!鈥�
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Luke鈥檚 account of Jesus before the chief priests differs from those of Mark and Matthew mostly in terms of the sequence of events and their timing.听 After Jesus is arrested, Luke鈥檚 Gospel immediately presents Peter鈥檚 triple denial of him. But at the third denial, the Lucan Jesus turns and looks at Peter, thereby heightening the tension of the moment. 听As in Mark and Matthew there is also a council meeting to decide Jesus鈥� fate. But it occurs in Luke鈥檚 account at dawn and not during the night as in Mark and Matthew.听
As the proceedings unfold in Luke there is no mention of false witnesses or of conflicting testimony.听 In Luke鈥檚 account the high priest does not play a leading role. Instead as a group the assembly asks Jesus first if he is the Anointed One or Christ, but his answer only speaks of the Son of Man. The assembly then asks Jesus if he is Son of God. But when he replies, 鈥渟o you say,鈥� there is no cry of blasphemy, nor is a death sentence imposed. Instead, all agree that there is no need of any further testimony.