Mattheüs 26:71

71 En als hij naar de voorpoort uitging, zag hem een andere dienstmaagd, en zeide tot degenen, die aldaar waren: Deze was ook met Jezus den Nazarener.

Mattheüs 26:71 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 26:71

And when he was gone out into the porch
The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "the gate": and so does Munster's Hebrew Gospel; but more rightly it is rendered, "the porch": he did not attempt to go out at the door, and run away, though he could gladly have done it; but he feared to do this, lest, as this would discover him, they should pursue him, and overtake him, and bring him before the sanhedrim: he chose rather to keep his ground, but was very uneasy; and therefore moved into the porch, where he sat very pensive, considering what was proper for him to do; when

another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, this
[fellow] was also with Jesus of Nazareth:
she speaks of Christ in the same contemptuous manner, as her fellow servant had done; for this appellation of Christ was commonly, if not always used by way of contempt; and she means the same thing by his being with him, the other did, and is rather more spiteful, and bent on mischief; for, the other addressed him alone, and what she said, said to himself; but this directs her speech to the servants and officers that were near at hand, and uses him in a very scurrilous manner: this sorry fellow, that is sauntering and lurking about here, is certainly one of this man's disciples.

Mattheüs 26:71 In-Context

69 En Petrus zat buiten in de zaal; en een dienstmaagd kwam tot hem, zeggende: Gij waart ook met Jezus, den Galileer.

70 Maar hij loochende het voor allen, zeggende: Ik weet niet, wat gij zegt.

71 En als hij naar de voorpoort uitging, zag hem een andere dienstmaagd, en zeide tot degenen, die aldaar waren: Deze was ook met Jezus den Nazarener.

72 En hij loochende het wederom met een eed, zeggende: Ik ken den Mens niet.

73 En een weinig daarna, die er stonden, bijkomende, zeiden tot Petrus: Waarlijk, gij zijt ook van die, want ook uw spraak maakt u openbaar.