Mark 14:54

14:54 And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He ¹  was sitting with the guards ²  and warming himself by the fire.

Matthew 26:58

26:58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After ³  going in, he sat with the guards ⁴  to see the outcome.

Matthew 26:69-70

Peter’s Denials

26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A ⁵  slave girl ⁶  came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 26:70 But he denied it in front of them all: ⁷  “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Luke 22:55-57

22:55 When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. 22:56 Then a slave girl, ⁸  seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man was with him too!” 22:57 But Peter ⁹  denied it: “Woman, ¹⁰  I don’t know ¹¹  him!”

[14:54]  ¹ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[14:54]  ² sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

[26:58]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:58]  ⁴ sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

[26:69]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:69]  ⁶ tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.

[26:70]  ⁷ tn Grk “he denied it…saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[22:56]  ⁸ tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.

[22:57]  ⁹ 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.

[22:57]  ¹⁰ 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.

[22:57]  ¹¹ 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.”