Mark 14:66
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New International Version (©2011)
While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Meanwhile, Peter was in the courtyard below. One of the servant girls who worked for the high priest came by

English Standard Version (©2001)
And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the high priest's servants came.

International Standard Version (©2012)
While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's servant girls came by.

NET Bible (©2006)
Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest's slave girls came by.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And while Shimeon was below in the courtyard, a certain handmaid of The High Priest came.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Peter was in the courtyard. One of the chief priest's female servants

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And as Peter was below in the courtyard, there came one of the maidservants of the high priest:

American King James Version
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there comes one of the maids of the high priest:

American Standard Version
And as Peter was beneath in the court, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now when Peter was in the court below, there cometh one of the maidservants of the high priest.

Darby Bible Translation
And Peter being below in the palace-court, there comes one of the maids of the high priest,

English Revised Version
And as Peter was beneath in the court, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest;

Webster's Bible Translation
And as Peter was below in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:

Weymouth New Testament
Now while Peter was below in the quadrangle, one of the High Priest's maidservants came,

World English Bible
As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,

Young's Literal Translation
And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:66-72 Peter's denying Christ began by keeping at a distance from him. Those that are shy of godliness, are far in the way to deny Christ. Those who think it dangerous to be in company with Christ's disciples, because thence they may be drawn in to suffer for him, will find it much more dangerous to be in company with his enemies, because there they may be drawn in to sin against him. When Christ was admired and flocked after, Peter readily owned him; but will own no relation to him now he is deserted and despised. Yet observe, Peter's repentance was very speedy. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall; and let him that has fallen think of these things, and of his own offences, and return to the Lord with weeping and supplication, seeking forgiveness, and to be raised up by the Holy Spirit.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 66. - And as Peter was beneath in the court. The room in which the Sanhedrim were assembled was an upper chamber.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as Peter was beneath in the palace,.... Not at the lower and further end of the room, but in the lower part of it; that part in which Jesus and the sanhedrim were, being upon an advanced ground, with steps ascending to it:

there cometh one of the maids of the high priest; the same that kept the door, and let him in. The Ethiopic version renders it, "a daughter of the high priest".

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

66. And as Peter was beneath in the palace—This little word "beneath"—one of our Evangelist's graphic touches—is most important for the right understanding of what we may call the topography of the scene. We must take it in connection with Matthew's word (Mt 26:69): "Now Peter sat without in the palace"—or quadrangular court, in the center of which the fire would be burning; and crowding around and buzzing about it would be the menials and others who had been admitted within the court. At the upper end of this court, probably, would be the memorable chamber in which the trial was held—open to the court, likely, and not far from the fire (as we gather from Lu 22:61), but on a higher level; for (as our verse says) the court, with Peter in it, was "beneath" it. The ascent to the Council chamber was perhaps by a short flight of steps. If the reader will bear this explanation in mind, he will find the intensely interesting details which follow more intelligible.

there cometh one of the maids of the high priest—"the damsel that kept the door" (Joh 18:17). The Jews seem to have employed women as porters of their doors (Ac 12:13).

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Peter Denies Jesus
66And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there comes one of the maids of the high priest: 67And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked on him, and said, And you also were with Jesus of Nazareth. 68But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what you say. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. …

Nahum 2:7 It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.
Matthew 26:3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
Matthew 26:69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. "You also were with Jesus of Galilee," she said.
Mark 14:54 Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.
Luke 22:55 And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.
Luke 22:56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him."
John 18:16 but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the servant girl on duty there and brought Peter in.
John 18:25 Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing there warming himself. So they asked him, "You aren't one of his disciples too, are you?" He denied it, saying, "I am not."