Discovery BoxMatthew 26:58 
Context26:58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After 1 going in, he sat with the guards 2 to see the outcome.
Matthew 26:69-70
ContextPeter’s Denials
26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A 3 slave girl 4 came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 26:70 But he denied it in front of them all: 5 “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
2 sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.
3 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
4 tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.
5 tn Grk “he denied it…saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.
