They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter sat down with them.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in company with scoffers.
Do not drag me off with the wicked, with those who do wrong, Who speak peace to their neighbors though evil is in their hearts.
Walk with the wise and you become wise, but the companion of fools fares badly.
Forsake foolishness that you may live; advance in the way of understanding.”
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground.]
When a maid saw him seated in the light, she looked intently at him and said, “This man too was with him.”
Do not be led astray: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”