56But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
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Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 54-62)We have here the melancholy story of Peter’s denying his Master, at the time when he was arraigned before the high priest, and those that were of the cabal , that were ready to receive the prey, and to prepare the evidence for his arraignment, as soon as it was day , before the great sanhedrim, Luke 22:66. But notice is not taken here, as was in the other evangelists, of Christ’s being now upon hi…
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