As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,
Parallel translations
- KJV And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
- BSB While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down
- NKJV Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.
- NASB And while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the slave women of the high priest *came,
- NLT Meanwhile, Peter was in the courtyard below. One of the servant girls who worked for the high priest came by
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Quick answer
As Jesus is confessing above, Peter is in the courtyard below when a servant girl approaches. The scene of Peter's denial begins.
Overview
Mark deliberately contrasts Jesus' faithful confession upstairs with Peter's failure below. The setting among the high priest's servants places Peter in the place of testing he had been warned about. A lowly servant girl, not a powerful official, becomes the occasion of his fall.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Mark 14:54Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.
- Matt 26:69–75Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, “You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!”
- John 18:25–27Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, “You aren’t also one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it, and said, “I am not.”
- John 18:15–18Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;
- Matt 26:58But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.
- Luke 22:55–62When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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