Mark 14:66

While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down

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KJV

And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:

YLT

And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest,

ASV

And as Peter was beneath in the court, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest;

DBT

And Peter being below in the palace-court, there comes one of the maids of the high priest,

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The Lord allowed this to happen to him by His providence, that is, lest he should be too much elated, and at the same time, that he might prove himself merciful to sinners, as knowing from himself the result of human weakness. There follows: And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

Theophylact of Ohrid· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 1107patristic

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And as Peter was beneath in the palace,.... Not at the lower and further end of the room, but in the lower part of it; that part in which Jesus and the sanhedrim were, being upon an advanced ground, with steps ascending to it: there cometh one of the maids of the high priest; the same that kept the door, and let him in. The Ethiopic version renders it, "a daughter of the high priest".

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

A shipwreck is a melancholy sight, even when no lives are lost. It is sad to think of the destruction of property, and disappointment of hopes which generally attend it. It is painful to see the suffering and hardship, which the ship's crew often have to undergo in their struggle to escape from drowning. Yet no shipwreck is half so melancholy a sight as the backsliding and fall of a true Christian. Though raised again by God's mercy, and finally saved from hell, he loses much by his fall.

J.C. Ryle· Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition), 1857Reformed Evangelical / Low-Church Anglican / Calvinist / 19th-c. Protestant Reformation heir

At the upper end of this court, probably, would be the memorable chamber in which the trial was held--open to the court, likely, and not far from the fire (as we gather from Lu 22:61), but on a higher level; for (as our verse says) the court, with Peter in it, was "beneath" it. The ascent to the Council chamber was perhaps by a short flight of steps.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Some friends he had, even in and about Jerusalem, that loved him, and never thought they could do enough for him, among whom, though Israel be not gathered, he is, and will be, glorious. Here was one friend, that was so kind as to invite him to sup with him; and he was so kind as to accept the invitation,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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How the Hebraic tradition has read this verse: and Marcus Brown’s own reading of it.

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14 linked verses

The verses this one reaches12

Mark 14:54
Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.
Matthew 14:30
But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Matthew 26:69–75
Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
Matthew 26:58
But Peter followed Him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. And he went in and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.
John 18:25–27
Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
John 18:15–18
Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.
Luke 22:55
When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
Mark 14:30
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
John 18:17
At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.
John 18:16
But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
Mark 15:43
Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
Mark 16:7
But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”

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Luke1

Luke 22:56A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him.…

John1

John 13:38“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell…

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Matthew 26:58
But Peter followed Him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. And he went in and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.
leads to
- John 18:15–16
  Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 18:25
  Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 7:32
  When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
- John 7:45
  Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
Through
Mark 14:54
Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.
leads to
- John 18:18
  Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.
- Matthew 26:3
  At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- Mark 14:29–31
  Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never will.”

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