7 [26:69]But Peter sat without in the court; and a female servant came to him, saying, You also were with Jesus the Galilean. [26:70]But he denied it before all, saying, I know not what you say. [26:71]And going out into the porch, another [female servant] saw him, and said to those there, This man was also with Jesus the Nazoraean. [26:72]And again he denied with an oath, saying, I know not the man. [26:73]But after a little while those standing by came forward, and said to Peter, Certainly you are also one of them, for your speech makes you manifest. [26:74]Then he began to curse and swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately a cock crew; [26:75]and Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who said, Before a cock crows you will deny me thrice; and he went out and wept bitterly. CHAPTER XXV. CHRIST BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE. 1 [27:1]AND when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to kill him. [27:2]And having bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the procurator. [27:3]Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting, returned the thirty shekels of silver [$16.80] to the chief priests and elders, [27:4] saying, I have sinned, betraying innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see you to it. [27:5]And throwing down the silver in the temple he departed; and having gone away strangled himself. 2 [27:6]And the chief priests taking the silver said, It is not lawful to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. [27:7]And taking counsel, they bought with it the potter's field for a burying place for strangers. [27:8]For this reason, the field is called a field of blood to this day. [27:9]Then was fulfilled the word spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying; And they took the thirty shekels of silver, the price of him that was prized, whom [men] from the sons of Israel set a price upon, [27:10]and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me. 3 [27:11]And Jesus stood before the procurator; and the procurator asked him, saying, Are you the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, As you say. [27:12] And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders he answered nothing. [27:13]Then Pilate said to him, Do you not hear how many things they testify against you? [27:14]And he answered him not a word; so that the procurator wondered greatly. 4 [27:15]And at the feast the procurator was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose; [27:16]and he then had a noted prisoner called Barabbas. [27:17]When, therefore, they were assembled together, Pilate said to them, Which do you wish me to release to you? Barabbas? or Jesus, called Christ? [27:18]For he knew that they had delivered him up from envy. [27:19]And as he sat on the tribunal his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered much to-day on his account, from a dream.