Luke 22:56

When a servant girl saw him sitting in the light of the fire, she looked at him intently and said, “This man also was with him.”

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In The King James Version

But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

In Context

55Some had kindled a fire there in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, and Peter sat down among them.

57But Peter denied him, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.”

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Cross References

Mark 14:6But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you causing trouble for her? She has done a good deed to me.

Mark 14:66Now as Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.

Matthew Henry on Luke 22:55-63

The Fall of Peter. 54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. 56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said,… Read the whole commentary →

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