Lucas 22

Peter denies Jesus

54 Then they seized, took and brought Him to the house of the high priest, with Peter following at a distance. 55 Now when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. 56 Then a certain servant girl, seeing him sitting by the fire, looked intently at him and said, "This man also was with him."*I wonder how the girl knew that! 57 But he denied Him, saying, "Woman, I do not know him!"

58 After a little while another saw him and said, "You also are one of them." But Peter said, "Man, I am not!" 59 Then after about an hour had passed, another started insisting, "Surely this fellow also was with him, because he is a Galilean." 60 But Peter said, "Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!" And immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster*Instead of ‘a’ rooster, perhaps 3% of the manuscripts have ‘the’ rooster (as in TR, AV, NKJV). crowed.

61 And the Lord turned and looked directly at Peter;*I take it that here the Lord broke the Satanic spell, and Peter could think normally again. then Peter remembered the Lord’s word, how He had said to him, "Before a rooster crows, you will deny me three times." 62 And going outside he wept bitterly.