Luke - 22:56



56 A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 22:56.

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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.
And a certain maid seeing him as he sat in the light of the fire , and looking stedfastly upon him, said, This man also was with him.
Whom when a certain servant maid had seen sitting at the light, and had earnestly beheld him, she said: This man also was with him.
And a certain maid, having seen him sitting by the light, and having fixed her eyes upon him, said, And this man was with him.
and a certain maid having seen him sitting at the light, and having earnestly looked at him, she said, 'And this one was with him!'
when a maidservant saw him sitting by the fire, and, looking fixedly at him, she said, "This man also was with him."
And a certain woman-servant, seeing him in the light of the fire, and looking at him with attention, said, This man was with him.
And when a certain woman servant had seen him sitting in its light, and had looked at him intently, she said, "This one was also with him."
Presently a maidservant saw him sitting near the blaze of the fire. She looked carefully at him and said, "Why, this man was one of his companions!"

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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.

But a certain maid beheld him,.... Looked upon him, and took notice of him, and observed his countenance and gesture: as he sat by the fire; or light; See Gill on Mark 14:54. And both by the light of the fire, and other lights, which were doubtless in the hall, she discovered something in him, which made her look at him again with some earnestness;
and earnestly looked upon him, and said, this man was also with him; that fellow, that vile and contemptible wretch, now examining before the high priest; thus in a contemptuous manner, as was the custom and style of that nation, she disdained to mention the name of Jesus; though the Persic version here expresses it; and her sense was, that Peter was one of that clan, a disciple of his, and was only come hither as a spy.

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