LUKE 22:56 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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ULT Then a certain servant girl, having seen him sitting towards the light and looking steadily at him, said, “This one also was with him.”

UST A female servant saw Peter sitting there as the fire shone upon him. She looked at him carefully and said, “This man was also with the one they have arrested!”

BLB And a certain servant girl, having seen him sitting by the light, and having looked intently on him, said, "This one also was with Him."

AICNT But a certain servant girl, seeing him sitting in the light and looking intently at him, said, “This man was also with him.”

OEB 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!’

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then a slave girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man was with him too!”

LSV 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!”

FBV As he sat there, a servant girl noticed him in the firelight, and stared directly at him and said,

TCNT When a servant girl saw him sitting in the light of the fire, she looked at him intently and said, “This man also was with him.”

T4T As the light from the fire shone on his face, a female servant saw him and looked intently at him. She said, “This man was also with the man whom they have arrested!”

LEB And a certain female slave, seeing him sitting in the light and looking intently at him, said, “This man also was with him!”

BBE 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.

Moff A maidservant who noticed him sitting by the fire took a long look at him and said, "That fellow was with him too."

Wymth when a maidservant saw him sitting by the fire, and, looking fixedly at him, she said, "This man also was with him."

ASV 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.

DRA 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.

YLT 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!'

Drby 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.

RV 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.
(And a certain maid seeing him as he sat in the light of the fire, and looking steadfastly upon him, said, This man also was with him. )

SLT And a certain young girl having seen him sitting by the light, and looked intently upon him, said, And this was with him.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 But a certaine maide beheld him as he sate by the fire, and earnestly looked vpon him, and said, This man was also with him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps But when a certayne wenche behelde hym, as he sate by the fire and earnestlye loked vpon hym she sayde: This same felowe was also with hym.
(But when a certain wenche beheld him, as he sat by the fire and earnestlye looked upon him she said: This same fellow was also with him.)

Gnva And a certaine mayde behelde him as hee sate by the fire, and hauing well looked on him, said, This man was also with him.
(And a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and having well looked on him, said, This man was also with him. )

Cvdl Then a damsell sawe him syttinge by the light, and behelde him well, and sayde vnto him: This same was also with him.
(Then a damsel saw him sitting by the light, and beheld him well, and said unto him: This same was also with him.)

TNT And wone of the wenches behelde him as he sate by the fyer and set good eyesight on him and sayde: this same was also with him.
(And wone of the wenches beheld him as he sat by the fyer and set good eyesight on him and said: this same was also with him. )

Wycl Whom whanne a damysel hadde seyn sittynge `at the liyt, and hadde biholdun hym, sche seide, And this was with hym.
(Whom when a damsel had seen sitting at the light, and had biholdun him, she said, And this was with him.)

Luth Da sah ihn eine Magd sitzen bei dem Licht und sah eben auf ihn und sprach zu ihm: Dieser war auch mit ihm.
(So saw him/it a/one maid sit at/in to_him light(n) and saw even/just on/in/to him/it and spoke to/for him: This/Theser what/which also with him.)

ClVg Quem cum vidisset ancilla quædam sedentem ad lumen, et eum fuisset intuita, dixit: Et hic cum illo erat.[fn]
(Which when/with had_seen maid some sitting to the_light, and him would_have_been intuita, he/she_said: And this/here when/with that/there was. )

22.56 Ancilla quædam. Cur prima ancilla prodit, cum viri magis poterant cognoscere? Nisi ut iste sexus ostendatur in nece Domini peccasse, per passionem redempturus. Et ideo mulier prima resurrectionis mysterium accepit, et mandata custodit, ut veterem prævaricationis errorem aboleret.

22.56 Ancilla some. Cur the_first maid prodit, when/with men more they_could to_know? Unless as this six be_shown in/into/on nece Master peccasse, through passion redempturus. And therefore/for_that_reason woman the_first resurrection mystery he_received, and commands keeps/guards, as old transgressedonis error aboleret.

UGNT ἰδοῦσα δὲ αὐτὸν, παιδίσκη τις καθήμενον πρὸς τὸ φῶς, καὶ ἀτενίσασα αὐτῷ εἶπεν, καὶ οὗτος σὺν αὐτῷ ἦν.
(idousa de auton, paidiskaʸ tis kathaʸmenon pros to fōs, kai atenisasa autōi eipen, kai houtos sun autōi aʸn.)

SBL-GNT ἰδοῦσα δὲ αὐτὸν παιδίσκη τις καθήμενον πρὸς τὸ φῶς καὶ ἀτενίσασα αὐτῷ εἶπεν· Καὶ οὗτος σὺν αὐτῷ ἦν·
(idousa de auton paidiskaʸ tis kathaʸmenon pros to fōs kai atenisasa autōi eipen; Kai houtos sun autōi aʸn;)

RP-GNT Ἰδοῦσα δὲ αὐτὸν παιδίσκη τις καθήμενον πρὸς τὸ φῶς, καὶ ἀτενίσασα αὐτῷ, εἶπεν, Καὶ οὗτος σὺν αὐτῷ ἦν.
(Idousa de auton paidiskaʸ tis kathaʸmenon pros to fōs, kai atenisasa autōi, eipen, Kai houtos sun autōi aʸn.)

TC-GNT Ἰδοῦσα δὲ αὐτὸν παιδίσκη τις καθήμενον πρὸς τὸ φῶς, καὶ ἀτενίσασα αὐτῷ, εἶπε, Καὶ οὗτος σὺν αὐτῷ ἦν.
(Idousa de auton paidiskaʸ tis kathaʸmenon pros to fōs, kai atenisasa autōi, eipe, Kai houtos sun autōi aʸn. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 22:54–62: Jesus’ enemies arrested him, and Peter denied him

In 22:33 Peter said that he would never leave Jesus or be unfaithful to him. But in 22:34 Jesus predicted that actually Peter would say three times that he did not know Jesus. After Jesus was arrested, Peter followed Jesus to the house of the high priest and waited in the courtyard. Three different people said that Peter had been with Jesus, and three times Peter said he did not know Jesus. But then a rooster crowed, and Peter suddenly remembered what Jesus had said. Peter wept with great sorrow because he had denied that he knew Jesus his Lord.

Some other examples of headings for this section are:

Peter Denies Jesus (NRSV)

Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials (NET)

Peter Says He Doesn’t Know Jesus (NCV)

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 26:57–58, 26:69–75, Mark 14:53–54, 14:66–72, and John 18:12–18, 18:25–27.

22:56a

A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight

A female servant saw him sitting in the light of the fire.
After this, a woman who worked for the high priest saw Peter there. She could see his face by the light/glow of the fire.

A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight: This clause indicates that the servant woman saw Peter as he sat by the fire. She could see him because of the light from the fire. The Greek word that the BSB translates as firelight is literally “light,” as in the RSV. The BSB translates it as firelight to indicate that the light was coming from the fire.

Some other ways to translate the phrase are:

Then a maid, seeing him as he sat in the light (RSV)

A servant girl noticed him in the firelight (NLT)

A servant girl: The servant girl was probably a mature woman. Peter called her “woman” in 22:57. The text does not specify how old she was. Other ways to translate this are:

one of the servant women (GNT)

A female servant (GW)

22:56b

and looked intently at him.

She looked at him carefully
She stared/gazed intently at him.

22:56c

“This man also was with Him,” she said.

and then said, “This man also/certainly was with Jesus!”
Then she said to the other people, “This man followed Jesus.”

22:56b–c

and looked intently at him…she said: This phrase is literally “and looking intently at him, she said.” The BSB places the words she said after what the woman said in 22:56c. However, in some languages, it may be necessary to place these words where it is in the Greek, at the end of 22:56b. For example:

She looked closely at him and said… (NIV)

and looked intently at him: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as and looked intently at him indicates that the female servant looked at him carefully. The context implies that she wanted to be sure that she recognized him as a person who had been with Jesus in the garden. Some other ways to translate the phrase are:

Then after she had looked at him carefully (CEV)

looking intently at him (NASB)

She stared at him (GW)

she said: Notice that the servant girl was speaking to the other people around the fire. She was talking about Peter, rather than to him. In some languages it may be necessary to make this clear. For example:

she said to the people sitting there

she said about Peter

This man also was with Him: The Greek clause that the BSB translates as This man also was with Him includes a word that means also or “indeed, certainly.”For the meaning “surely, certainly” see Nolland, p. 1095. In this context the word may imply that the servant girl had seen one or more other disciples with Jesus in addition to Peter. She may have seen the apostle John, since he went to the high priest’s house with Peter, as John 18:15 says. The woman’s statement was probably an emphatic exclamation.

Some ways to translate the clause are:

This man too was with Jesus! (GNT)

That man was certainly one of Jesus’ followers!

This man, he was definitely one of his companions.Kankanaey back translation on TW.

In some languages a word like also may be confusing here, since no one else is mentioned in the context. If that is true in your language, you may omit it. For example:

This man was with Jesus. (GW)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

ἰδοῦσα δὲ αὐτὸν, παιδίσκη τις

˓having˒_seen (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἰδοῦσα Δέ αὐτόν παιδίσκη τὶς καθήμενον πρός τό φῶς καί ἀτενίσασα αὐτῷ εἶπεν καί Οὗτος σύν αὐτῷ ἦν)

Luke says this to introduce this new character into the story. Alternate translation: [Now there was a servant girl there who saw him]

καθήμενον πρὸς τὸ φῶς

sitting (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἰδοῦσα Δέ αὐτόν παιδίσκη τὶς καθήμενον πρός τό φῶς καί ἀτενίσασα αὐτῷ εἶπεν καί Οὗτος σύν αὐτῷ ἦν)

Alternate translation: [sitting facing the light of the fire] or [sitting with his face lit up by the fire]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καὶ ἀτενίσασα αὐτῷ εἶπεν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἰδοῦσα Δέ αὐτόν παιδίσκη τὶς καθήμενον πρός τό φῶς καί ἀτενίσασα αὐτῷ εἶπεν καί Οὗτος σύν αὐτῷ ἦν)

Though this woman was looking at Peter, she was not speaking to him but to the others around them. It might be helpful to begin a new sentence here in your translation. Alternate translation: [She looked straight at Peter and said to the other people in the courtyard]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καὶ οὗτος σὺν αὐτῷ ἦν

This could mean: (1) Peter was with Jesus when the group came to arrest him, as UST suggests. (2) since it is perhaps unlikely that this female servant accompanied that group, she may mean instead that she saw Peter with Jesus somewhere in Jerusalem earlier in the week and she could tell that he was associated with Jesus. Alternate translation: [I know that this man is one of Jesus’ disciples]

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Jesus’ Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial

Matthew 26-27; Mark 14-15; Luke 22-23; John 13-19

On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.

Parallel LUKE 22:56

Section 22:54–62: Jesus’ enemies arrested him, and Peter denied him

22:56a

22:56b

22:56c

22:56b–c

Jesus’ Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial