Matthew 26:58

26:58 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

Peter’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!”

[26:58]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:58]  ² sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

[26:69]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:69]  ⁴ tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.

[26:70]  ⁵ tn Grk “he denied it…saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.