Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
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!”
- BSB 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.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- 1 Kgs 19:13And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
- Matt 26:71And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
- John 18:16–18But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
- Acts 5:37After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
- John 1:46And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
- Matt 26:58But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
- Ps 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- 2 Pet 2:7–9And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
- Luke 22:55–62And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
- Mark 14:66–72And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
- Matt 2:22–23But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
- 1 Kgs 19:9And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
- Matt 26:3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
- John 7:41Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
- John 18:25–27And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
- John 7:52They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
- Matt 21:11And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
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