Discovery BoxJohn 18:17-18 
Context18:17 The girl 1 who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You’re not one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” 2 He replied, 3 “I am not.” 18:18 (Now the slaves 4 and the guards 5 were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. 6 Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.) 7
1 tn Grk “slave girl.” Since the descriptive term “slave girl” was introduced in the translation in the previous verse, it would be redundant to repeat the full expression here.
2 tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “are you?”).
3 tn Grk “He said.”
4 tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.
5 tn That is, the “guards of the chief priests” as distinguished from the household slaves of Annas.
6 tn Grk “because it was cold, and they were warming themselves.”
7 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
