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Gospel Reading - Jesus is Condemned by the Sanhedrin

⁶⁶Early the next morning at daybreak the Jewish Supreme Court assembled, including the chief priests and all the top religious authorities of the nation. Jesus was led before this Council ^67-68and instructed to state whether or not he claimed to be the Messiah.

But he replied, “If I tell you, you won’t believe me or let me present my case. ⁶⁹But the time is soon coming when I, the Messiah,^a shall be enthroned beside Almighty God.”

⁷⁰They all shouted, “Then you claim you are the Son of God?”

And he replied, “Yes, I am.”

⁷¹“What need do we have for other witnesses?” they shouted. “For we ourselves have heard him say it.”

1. Literally, “the Son of Man.”

Gospel Reading - Jesus is Denied by Peter

⁶⁹Meanwhile, as Peter was sitting in the courtyard, a girl came over and said to him, “You were with Jesus, for both of you are from Galilee.”^a

⁷⁰But Peter denied it loudly. “I don’t even know what you are talking about,” he angrily declared.

⁷¹Later, out by the gate, another girl noticed him and said to those standing around, “This man was with Jesus — from Nazareth.”

⁷²Again Peter denied it, this time with an oath. “I don’t even know the man,” he said.

⁷³But after a while the men who had been standing there came over to him and said, “We know you are one of his disciples, for we can tell by your Galilean^b accent.”

⁷⁴Peter began to curse and swear. “I don’t even know the man,” he said.

And immediately the cock crowed. ⁷⁵Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said, “Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went away, crying bitterly.

1. Literally, “with Jesus the Galilean.”
2. Implied