Luke 22:56-60

22:56 Then a slave girl, ¹  seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man was with him too!” 22:57 But Peter ²  denied it: “Woman, ³  I don’t know ⁴  him!” 22:58 Then ⁵  a little later someone else ⁶  saw him and said, “You are one of them too.” But Peter said, “Man, ⁷  I am not!” 22:59 And after about an hour still another insisted, ⁸  “Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.” ⁹  22:60 But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” At that moment, ¹⁰  while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. ¹¹ 

¹ tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.

² tn Grk “he denied it, saying.” The referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

³ sn Woman was a polite form of address (see BDAG 208-9 s.v. γυνή), similar to “Madam” or “Ma’am” used in English in different regions.

⁴ sn The expression “I do not know him” had an idiomatic use in Jewish ban formulas in the synagogue and could mean, “I have nothing to do with him.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁶ sn In Mark 14:69, the same slave girl made the charge. So apparently Peter was being identified by a variety of people.

⁷ tn Here and in v. 60 “Man” is used as a neutral form of address to a stranger.

⁸ tn Grk “insisted, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated here.

⁹ sn According to Mark 14:70 it was Peter’s accent that gave him away as a Galilean.

¹⁰ tn Grk “And immediately.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹¹ tn A real rooster crowing is probably in view here (rather than the Roman trumpet call known as gallicinium), in part due to the fact that Mark 14:72 mentions the rooster crowing twice. See the discussion at Matt 26:74.