and noticed Peter warming himself at the fire. She looked at him closely and said, “You were one of those with Jesus of Nazareth.”
Parallel translations
- WEB and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, “You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!”
- KJV And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
- BSB and saw him warming himself there. She looked at Peter and said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.”
- NKJV And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with Jesus of Nazareth.”
- NASB and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You were with Jesus the Nazarene as well.”
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Quick answer
The servant girl recognizes Peter as a follower of Jesus the Nazarene. The first test of Peter's loyalty arrives.
Overview
Her simple identification confronts Peter with the cost of association with Jesus. The very loyalty he had boasted of is now put to the test by an unthreatening accuser. His response in the next verse reveals how quickly self-confidence crumbles under pressure.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 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.
- Mark 10:47When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
- Acts 10:38even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
- John 1:45–49Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
- Mark 1:24saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”
- Matt 2:23and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
- Matt 21:11The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
- John 19:19Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
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