Matthew 26:58

26:58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.

Matthew 26:69-70

Peter’s Denials

26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 26:70 But he denied it in front of them all: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”


tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.

tn Grk “he denied it…saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.