59 The chief priests and the whole council tried to find people who would bring false accusations against Yeshua so they could sentence him to death, 60 but even though many people wanted to try, they couldn’t find anyone suitable. Eventually, two others came up 61 and said, “We heard this man say, ‘I’m able to demolish God’s temple and rebuild it in three days.’ ”[ref]

62 So the chief priest stood and asked Yeshua, “Don’t you have any respond to what these men are accusing you of?” 63 But Yeshua stayed silent, so then the chief priest asked him, “I order you by the living God to tell us if you’re the messiah, the son of God.”

64 “You said it,” Yeshua responded. “However, I can tell you all that from now on, you’ll see the son of humanity sitting beside God in the position of power and coming in the clouds in the sky.”[ref]

65 Then the chief priest tore his robes and said, “He belittled God. Why would we need more witnesses after that? See here, you all heard him slander God. 66 What do you all think now?

“He should get the death penalty,”[ref] they answered.

69 But the girl that had seen him said to some of the others standing around, “That guy’s one of them.”

70 But again Kefa denied it.

A little while later, some of those standing there said the same thing to him, “You must be one of them because you’re from Galil.”

71 Now Kefa started swearing and cursing and said, “I’ve never even met that fellow that you’re all talking about!”

72 Right then the rooster crowed for the second time and Kefa remembered now what Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) had told him—how he would renounce Yeshua three times before the rooster crowed—and he broke down and cried.

58 A little while later, someone else noticed him and said, “You’re also one of them!”

“Man, I’m not!” Kefa retorted.

59 About an hour later, someone else insisted on saying, “This fellow was definitely with him because he’s also a Galili!”

60 “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Kefa responded, and while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

61 Just then the master turned and looked at Kefa, and he suddenly remembered what the master had said, “Before the rooster crows today, three times you’ll deny even knowing me.” 62 Then Kefa went out of the courtyard and cried like a baby.