014:070 A second time he repeatedly denied it. Soon afterwards the bystanders again accused Peter, saying, "You are surely one of them, for you too are a Galilaean." 014:071 But he broke out into curses and oaths, declaring, "I know nothing of the man you are talking about." 014:072 No sooner had he spoken than a cock crowed for the second time, and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, "Before the cock crows twice, you will three times disown me." And as he thought of it, he wept aloud. 015:001 At earliest dawn, after the High Priests had held a consultation with the Elders and Scribes, they and the entire Sanhedrin bound Jesus and took Him away and handed Him over to Pilate. 015:002 So Pilate questioned Him. "Are *you* the King of the Jews?" he asked. "I am," replied Jesus. 015:003 Then, as the High Priests went on heaping accusations on Him, 015:004 Pilate again and again asked Him, "Do you make no reply? Listen to the many charges they are bringing against you." 015:005 But Jesus made no further answer: so that Pilate wondered. 015:006 Now at the Festival it was customary for Pilate to release to the Jews any one prisoner whom they might beg off from punishment; 015:007 and at this time a man named Barabbas was in prison among the insurgents--persons who in the insurrection had committed murder. 015:008 So the people came crowding up, asking Pilate to grant them the usual favour. 015:009 "Shall I release for you the King of the Jews?" answered Pilate. 015:010 For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the High Priests had handed Him over. 015:011 But the High Priests urged on the crowd to obtain Barabbas's release in preference; 015:012 and when Pilate again asked them, "What then shall I do to the man you call King of the Jews?" 015:013 they once more shouted out, "Crucify Him!" 015:014 "Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they vehemently shouted, "Crucify Him!" 015:015 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the mob, released Barabbas for them, and after scourging Jesus handed Him over for crucifixion. 015:016 Then the soldiers led Him away into the court of the Palace (the Praetorium), and calling together the whole battalion 015:017 they arrayed Him in crimson, placed on His head a wreath of thorny twigs which they had twisted, 015:018 and went on to salute Him with shouts of "Long live the King of the Jews." 015:019 Then they began to beat Him on the head with a cane, to spit on Him, and to do Him homage on bended knees. 015:020 At last, having finished their sport, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.