17. Then saith the damsel that kept the door —"one of the maids of the high priest," says Mark ( Mark 14:66 ). "When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him and said" ( Mark 14:66- : ). Luke is more graphic ( Mark 14:66- : ) —She "beheld him as he sat by the fire (literally, 'the light'), and earnestly looked on him (fixed her gaze upon him), and said." "His demeanor and timidity, which must have vividly showed themselves, as it so generally happens, leading to the recognition of him" [OLSHAUSEN]. Art thou not also one of this man's disciples? —that is, thou as well as "that other disciple," whom she knew to be one, but did not challenge, perceiving that he was a privileged person. He saith, I am not —"He denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest" ( Mark 14:66- : ) —a common form of point blank denial; "I know [supply 'Him'] not, neither understand I what thou sayest" ( Mark 14:66- : ); "Woman, I know Him not" ( Mark 14:66- : ). This was THE FIRST DENIAL. "And he went out into the porch [thinking, perhaps, to steal away], and the cock crew, " ( Mark 14:66- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"
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