Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, “You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!”
- KJV Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
- NKJV Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, “You also were with Jesus of Galilee.”
- NASB Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a slave woman came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”
- NLT Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came over and said to him, “You were one of those with Jesus the Galilean.”
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Quick answer
A servant girl accuses Peter of having been with Jesus. Peter's predicted denial begins to unfold.
Overview
While Jesus is faithfully confessing inside, Peter is challenged outside by a lowly servant girl. The contrast between Christ's bold testimony and Peter's coming failure is striking. The scene fulfills Jesus's prediction and sets the stage for the threefold denial that will teach Peter, and us, the depth of human weakness.
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- 1 Kgs 19:13When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- Matt 26:71When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
- John 18:16–18But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
- Acts 5:37After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
- John 1:46“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
- Matt 26:58But Peter followed Him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. And he went in and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.
- Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- 2 Pet 2:7–9and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
- Luke 22:55–62When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
- Mark 14:66–72While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down
- Matt 2:22–23But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
- 1 Kgs 19:9There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- Matt 26:3At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- John 7:41Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
- John 18:25–27Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
- John 7:52“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
- Matt 21:11The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
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