SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:69
¶ Y Pedro estaba sentado fuera en el patio; y se lleg a l una criada, diciendo: Y t con Jess el Galileo estabas.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:69
Verse 69. A damsel came unto him] A maid servant, paidiskh. See this translation vindicated by Kypke. Thou also wast with Jesus] What a noble opportunity had Peter now to show his zeal for the insulted cause of truth, and his attachment to his Master. But, alas! he is shorn of his strength. Constables and maid servants are no company for an apostle, except when he is delivering to them the message of salvation. Evil communications corrupt good manners.
Had Peter been in better company, he would not have had so foul a fall.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 69. Now Peter sat without in the palace , etc.] Peters denial of his Lord, the account of which follows, is related among the sufferings of Christ; and indeed, the ill usage he met with from his enemies, their spitting in his face, buffeting him with their fists, smiting him on the cheeks with their hands, and rods, did not give him so much pain and grief, as to be denied by his own disciple: we are before told, ( Matthew 26:58), that Peter followed Christ afar off, and went into the high priests palace, and sat with the servants there, to see what would be the end and issue of these things: and here now he was in the apartment, where the council sat, and were examining and trying Jesus; though, as Mark says, beneath in the palace, ( Mark 14:66); in the lower part of the room, in the great hall, in the midst of which the servants had made a fire: the Arabic version reads it, in the area of the court: here Peter had placed himself, and here he sat making his observations: and a damsel came unto him ; one of the maids of the high priest, as Mark says, ( Mark 14:66); and according to the Evangelist John, was she that kept the door, and had let him in, ( John 18:16,17), saying, thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee . The Arabic and Persic versions read, Jesus the Nazarene, or of Nazareth, as below. So she called him, not so much to distinguish him from any other of that name, as by way of reproach; suggesting, that he could not be the Messiah, or that prophet; since Christ comes not out of Galilee, nor does any prophet arise from thence: and when she charges him with being with him, her meaning is not, that he was with him in the garden, when he was taken; where it cannot be thought she was to see him; nor with him in the temple, or in any part of Jerusalem, where she possibly might have seen him; but that he was a disciple of his, one that believed in him, embraced him as the Messiah, had imbibed his principles and doctrines, and was of his party; and was only come thither as a spy, to see what would be done to him.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 69-75 - Peter's sin is truly related, for the Scriptures deal faithfully. Ba company leads to sin: those who needlessly thrust themselves into it may expect to be tempted and insnared, as Peter. They scarcely can com out of such company without guilt or grief, or both. It is a grea fault to be shy of Christ; and to dissemble our knowledge of him, when we are called to own him, is, in effect, to deny him. Peter's sin wa aggravated; but he fell into the sin by surprise, not as Judas, with design. But conscience should be to us as the crowing of the cock, to put us in mind of the sins we had forgotten. Peter was thus left to fall, to abate his self-confidence, and render him more modest, humble compassionate, and useful to others. The event has taught believer many things ever since, and if infidels, Pharisees, and hypocrite stumble at it or abuse it, it is at their peril. Little do we know ho we should act in very difficult situations, if we were left to ourselves. Let him, therefore, that thinketh he standeth, take hee lest he fall; let us all distrust our own hearts, and rely wholly of the Lord. Peter wept bitterly. Sorrow for sin must not be slight, but great and deep. Peter, who wept so bitterly for denying Christ, neve denied him again, but confessed him often in the face of danger. Tru repentance for any sin will be shown by the contrary grace and duty that is a sign of our sorrowing not only bitterly, but sincerely __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
ο 3588 T-NSM δε 1161 CONJ πετρος 4074 N-NSM εξω 1854 ADV εκαθητο 2521 5711 V-INI-3S εν 1722 PREP τη 3588 T-DSF αυλη 833 N-DSF και 2532 CONJ προσηλθεν 4334 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτω 846 P-DSM μια 1520 A-NSF παιδισκη 3814 N-NSF λεγουσα 3004 5723 V-PAP-NSF και 2532 CONJ συ 4771 P-2NS ησθα 2258 5713 V-IXI-2S μετα 3326 PREP ιησου 2424 N-GSM του 3588 T-GSM γαλιλαιου 1057 N-GSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
69. A damsel (mia paidiskgh). Lit., one damsel, because the writer has in mind a second one (ver. 71).
Robertson's NT Word Studies
26:69 {Thou also} (kai su). Peter had gone within (esw) the palace (#26:58), but was sitting {without} (exw) the hall where the trial was going on in the open central court with the servants or officers (hupret"n, under rowers, literally, #26:58) of the Sanhedrin. But he could possibly see through the open door above what was going on inside. It is not plain at what stage of the Jewish trial the denials of Peter took place nor the precise order in which they came as the Gospels give them variously. this maid (paidiske, slave girl) stepped up to Peter as he was sitting in the court and pointedly said: "Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean." Peter was warming himself by the fire and the light shone in his face. She probably had noticed Peter come in with John the Beloved Disciple who went on up into the hall of trial. Or she may have seen Peter with Jesus on the streets of Jerusalem.
