Simon Peter said, “Rabbi, where are you going?”
Jesus replied,
“Where I am going,
you cannot follow me now,
though you’ll follow me later.”
“Rabbi,” Peter said, “Why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!”
“Lay down your life for me?” exclaimed Jesus. “The truth of the matter is, before the cock crows you’ll have disowned me three times.”

: After Jesus had said this, he left with disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. There was a garden there, and Jesus and the disciples entered it.
Judas, the traitor, knew the place well, because Jesus often met there with the disciples. Judas led the Roman cohort to the place, along with some Temple guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees. All were armed and carried lanterns and torches.
Then Jesus, aware of everything that was going to take place, stepped forward and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”
“Are you Jesus of Nazareth?” they asked.
Jesus said, “I am.” Now Judas, the traitor, was with them. When Jesus said, “I am,” they all drew back and fell to the ground.
Again, Jesus asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
They replied, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
Jesus said, “I have already told you that I am the one you want. If I am the one you’re looking for, the others go.” This was to fulfill what he had spoken: “Of those you gave me, I have not lost a single one.”
Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s attendant, cutting off his right ear. The name of the attendant was Malchus.
Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back in in its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup Abba God has given me?”
Then the cohort and its captain and the Temple guards seized and bound Jesus. They took him first to Annas. Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had advised the Temple authorities that it was better to have one person die on behalf of the people.
Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. This disciple, who was known to the high priest, entered the courtyard with Jesus, while Peter hung back at the gate. So the disciple known to the high priest went back and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter inside.
The doorkeeper said, “Aren’t you one of this guy’s followers?”
But Peter answered, “No, I’m not.”
Now the night was cold, so the attendants and guards had lit a charcoal fire and were keeping themselves warm. Peter was with them as well, keeping warm.
The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teachings. Jesus answered, “I have spoken publicly to everyone; I have always taught in synagogues and in the Temple area where the whole Jewish people congregates. I have said nothing in secret. So why do you question me? Ask those who have heard me. Ask them what I said to them—they know what I said.”
when Jesus said this, one of the guards standing by slapped him and said, “Is this how you answer the high priest?”
“If I’ve said anything wrong, Jesus replied, “point it out; but if I’m right in what I said, why do you strike me?”
Then Annas sent him, still shackled, to Caiaphas the high priest.
Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself. others asked him, “Aren’t you one of his disciples?”
But Peter denied it, saying, “I am not.”
One of the attendants of the high priest, a relative of the attendant whose ear Peter has severed, spoke up: Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?”
Again Peter denied it. At that moment a rooster crowed.