But Simon Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door,<n id="1" /> and brought Peter inside.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard<n id="1" /> warming himself. They said to him, &#8220;You aren&#8217;t one of his disciples too, are you?&#8221;<n id="2" /> Peter<n id="3" /> denied it: &#8220;I am not!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Pilate told them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him<n id="2" /> according to your own law!&#8221;<n id="3" /> The Jewish leaders<n id="4" /> replied,<n id="5" /> &#8220;We cannot legally put anyone to death.&#8221;<n id="6" />

Then the chief priests of the Jews<n id="1" /> said to Pilate, &#8220;Do not write, &#8216;The king of the Jews,&#8217; but rather, &#8216;This man said, I am king of the Jews.&#8217;&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Eight days later the disciples were again together in the house,<n id="1" /> and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked,<n id="2" /> Jesus came and stood among them and said, &#8220;Peace be with you!&#8221;

He told them, &#8220;Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.&#8221;<n id="1" /> So they threw the net,<n id="2" /> and were not able to pull it in because of the large number of fish.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them.<n id="1" /> (This was the disciple<n id="2" /> who had leaned back against Jesus&#8217;<n id="3" /> chest at the meal and asked,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?&#8221;)<n id="5" />

And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, &#8216;The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining &#8211; this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.&#8217;

came to Jesus<n id="1" /> at night<n id="2" /> and said to him, &#8220;Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs<n id="3" /> that you do unless God is with him.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Jesus answered<n id="1" /> her, &#8220;If you had known<n id="2" /> the gift of God and who it is who said to you, &#8216;Give me some water<n id="3" /> to drink,&#8217; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.&#8221;<n id="4" />

Jesus answered,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people<n id="2" /> do not know where I came from or where I am going.<n id="3" />

Jesus replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;The light is with you for a little while longer.<n id="2" /> Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you.<n id="3" /> The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

Then Pilate said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;So you are a king!&#8221; Jesus replied, &#8220;You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world &#8211; to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to<n id="2" /> my voice.&#8221;

The other disciples told him, &#8220;We have seen the Lord!&#8221; But he replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Unless I see the wounds<n id="2" /> from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

So the saying circulated<n id="1" /> among the brothers and sisters<n id="2" /> that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, &#8220;If I want him to live<n id="3" /> until I come back,<n id="4" /> what concern is that of yours?&#8221;p>