Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, “You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 26:69 in context
Matthew 26:66–72
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What do you think?”
They answered, “He is worthy of death!”
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Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
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saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?”
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Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, “You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!”
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But he denied it before them all, saying, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
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When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him and said to those who were there, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
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Again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man.”
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