Meanwhile, in another room of the palace, there stood a disciple who was losing whatever faith he had once had. It was Peter. One of the other disciples, who knew the high priest, had gone ahead, and he had told the maid to let Peter in. The maid looked at Peter and said, "You were with Jesus, weren't you?" "I don't know what you're talking about," said Peter. The night was cool, and the servants of the high priest were standing around a fire they had made to keep themselves warm. Peter went over and began to warm himself too. Somebody else said to him, "You are one of Jesus' disciples." Peter's faith was all gone. "Man," he said, "I certainly am not!" But after a while another person spoke up and said: "Of course you are one of Jesus' disciples. You are from Galilee. We can tell from the way you talk." Peter began to curse and swear, saying, "I don't even know this Jesus that you are talking about!" At that moment the rooster began to crow. At the same time Jesus passed by the doorway, and looked at Peter. Peter remembered what Jesus had said, "Before the rooster crows, you will three times say that you do not know me." Peter went out of the palace, and wept bitterly. The great council of the Jews might say that a man deserved to die, but they could not put anyone to death. Only the Roman governor could do that. The Roman governor, whose name was Pontius Pilate, was in Jerusalem for the Passover. As soon as it was daylight, the council took Jesus over to Pilate's palace. When Judas Iscariot saw what was happening, he suddenly realized what he had done. He came to the chief priests, and brought them back the thirty pieces of silver they had given him for turning traitor. He cried out: "I have sinned! I betrayed a man who never did any wrong!" The chief priests shrugged their shoulders. "That's nothing to us," they said. "Take your money and go!" But Judas threw the money down on the floor and ran out. He took a rope, and found a tree, and hanged himself, for, after betraying Jesus, he could not bear to live. Meanwhile Jesus was standing before Pilate. The council had told Pilate that Jesus was claiming to be the King of the Jews. They said that he was stirring up the whole country against Caesar. They thought that Pilate would put him to death for that, because the Romans would be afraid that Jesus would lead a revolt against the Roman government. Pilate said to Jesus, "Well, are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered simply, "You have said it." Then the priests and rulers burst out with all kinds of evil stories about Jesus. Pilate spoke to Jesus again, and said: "Aren't you going to say anything? Listen to what they are saying about you!" But Jesus did not speak. Pilate was astonished. He could see that the only reason the council had brought Jesus to him was that they were jealous of Jesus and hated him.