A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, “This man also was with him.”
Parallel translations
- KJV But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
- BSB A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.
- NKJV And a certain servant girl, seeing him as he sat by the fire, looked intently at him and said, “This man was also with Him.”
- NASB And a slave woman, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, and staring at him, said, “This man was with Him as well.”
- NLT A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
A servant girl recognizes Peter as one who was with Jesus. The first challenge to his loyalty arrives.
Overview
In the firelight a servant girl identifies Peter as a follower of Jesus. The unexpected recognition tests whether he will confess or conceal his discipleship. Her words begin the sequence that fulfills Jesus' prophecy of Peter's denial.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- John 18:17Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, “Are you also one of this man’s disciples?” He said, “I am not.”
- Matt 26:69Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, “You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!”
- Mark 14:6But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me.
- Mark 14:17When it was evening he came with the twelve.
- Mark 14:66–68As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.
How Luke 22:56 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.