But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
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Gill's Exposition
And he denied him, saying, woman, I know him not. Startled at the maid's positive assertion, and knowing not how to clear himself any other way, roundly, and at once, denied that Jesus was his master;…
Adam Clarke
A certain maid beheld him - Or, Attentively beholding him, ατενισασα. And this she did by the help of the light of the fire at which Peter sat.
We have here the melancholy story of Peter's denying his Master, at the time when he was arraigned before the high priest, and those that were of the cabal, that were ready to receive the prey, and to…
Cambridge Bible
by the fire Rather, to the light, i.e. with the light of the brazier shining full on him.
earnestly looked upon him See Luk 4:20.
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