Matthew 26:69-70

Peter’s Denials

26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A ¹  slave girl ²  came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 26:70 But he denied it in front of them all: ³  “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

[26:69]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:69]  ² tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.

[26:70]  ³ tn Grk “he denied it…saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.