EARLY WISDOM GOSPELS 93
All this happened to fulfill the word he said, "I have not lost one of those
you gave me."
Then Shimon Kefa had a knife and took it out and struck the slave of the high
priest and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchos.
But Yeshua said to Kefa,
"Put your knife back in its sheath.
Shall I not drink the cup the father gave me?"
Then the guard and the commander and servants of the Jews took Yeshua and
bound him. And first they led him to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Ca-
iaphas, the high priest for that year. Now, it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews
that it is better for one man to die for the people.KEFA DISOWNS YESHUA
Shimon Kefa and another student followed Yeshua. And that student, who was
known to the high priest, went with Yeshua into the high priest's court. But
Kefa stayed outside the door. So the other student, an acquaintance of the high
priest, spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Kefa inside.
Then the girl who was at the door said to Kefa, "Aren't you one of that
man's students?"
He said, "I am not."Now, the slaves and assistants stood around a charcoal fire they had made,
since it was cold and they were warming themselves. Kefa also was standing
there with them, keeping warm.
Then the high priest questioned Yeshua about his students and about his
teaching.
Yeshua replied to him,
"I have spoken openly to the world.
I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple
where all the Jews gather. And in secret
I spoke nothing. Why question me?
Ask those who heard what I said to them.
Look, they know what I said."
When he said this, one of the serving men slapped Yeshua and said, "Is that
how you answer the high priest?"
Yeshua answered him,