Mark 14:66

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

Mark 14:66 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:66

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".

Mark 14:66 In-Context

64 You all heard his impious words. What is your judgement?" Then with one voice they condemned Him as deserving of death.

65 Thereupon some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, while striking Him with their fists and crying, "Prove that you are a prophet." The officers too struck Him with open hands as they took Him in charge.

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

67 and seeing Peter warming himself she looked at him and said, "You also were with Jesus, the Nazarene."

68 But he denied it, and said, "I don't know--I don't understand--What do you mean?" And then he went out into the outer court. Just then a cock crowed.