Then saith the damsel The damsel therefore (John 18:3) saith.

Art not thou also Rather, Art thou also (as well as thy companion) or, surely thou art not:S. Peter's denial is thus, as it were, put into his mouth. See on John 4:29 and comp. John 4:33; John 6:67; John 7:47; John 9:40. In all these passages the form of the question anticipates a negativeanswer.

one of this man's disciples Or, one of the disciples of this man. -This man" and the turn of the sentence are contemptuous. Comp. John 9:16; John 9:24; John 11:47. S. John had hurried on to the room where Christ was being examined; as at the Cross (John 19:26) he kept close to his Master; and in neither case was molested. S. Peter, who -followed afar off" (Luke 22:54) and that rather out of curiosity -to see the end" (Matthew 26:58) than out of love, encountered temptation and fell.

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