<p>22:56 <i>And a certain maid seeing him as he sat in the light of the fire and looking earnestly upon him, said: This man also was with him</i>- For the significance of the firelight, see on Jn. 3:14-21. Gk. 'a servant girl', &quot;one of the servant girls of the High Priest&quot; (Mk. 14:66). Her claim that &quot;You also were with Jesus&quot; may specifically refer to Peter's presence with Jesus in Gethsemane, for&rdquo;&nbsp;the servants&quot; of the High Priest had been there. Perhaps she was one of them. She describes Peter as being&nbsp;<i>meta&nbsp;</i>Jesus &quot;you were with Jesus&quot;, and the same phrase&nbsp;<i>meta&nbsp;</i>Jesus is used to described the disciples being&nbsp;<i>meta </i>Jesus in Gethsemane (Mt. 26:36,51). Or since the Lord was a public figure in Jerusalem, it would be likely that Peter was known as one of those ever to be seen hanging around Him. Jn. 18:17 gives further information about her: &quot;The maid keeping watch at the door said to Peter: Are you also one of this man's disciples? He said: I am not&quot;. The only other time we read of a servant girl who was a door keeper is in Acts 12:16, where the servant girl s.w. called Rhoda was the door keeper at the home of the disciples in Jerusalem, and is thrilled when she realizes that it is Peter knocking at the door asking her to let him in. Note that &quot;door keeper&quot; is likely a technical term, a kind of profession. This heightens the similarity between the two characters. The similarities with the scene in Jn. 18:17 are too strong to be passed off as unintentional; for here Peter has to have the door to the courtyard opened by the servant girl, and it is at the gate that she recognizes him. Peter's failure, his denials, were the basis of his successful appeals for Israel to follow his pattern of repentance. Thousands heard him make those appeals in Jerusalem, for if a few thousand were baptized in one day, we can be sure that many others heard the message and didn't act upon it. It's highly likely that that servant girl was in the crowd, and was one who responded. I suggest that Rhoda was that servant girl, converted by Peter's failure, repentance and experience of forgiveness. She converted from serving the Jewish High Priest to serving the Heavenly High Priest, the Lord Jesus; from being one of the crowd who went out to arrest Jesus, to being one who glorified His resurrection.&nbsp;</p>