Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, “You also were 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!”
- KJV Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
- 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.
- 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 19:13When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- Matt 26:71When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
- John 18:16–18but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.
- Acts 5:37After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.
- John 1:46Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
- 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.
- Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- 2 Pet 2:7–9and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
- Luke 22:55–62When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
- Mark 14:66–72As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,
- Matt 2:22–23But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
- 1 Kgs 19:9He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- Matt 26:3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
- John 7:41Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
- 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 7:52They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
- Matt 21:11The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
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