<p>22:55 <i>And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat among them</i>- Mt. <i>&quot;</i>and sat with the officers&quot;. The presence of the definite article suggests that &quot;the servants&quot; the Greek also means &quot;officers&quot; are a group which has already been mentioned, and surely they are the &quot;servants&quot; who comprised the crowd of armed men who arrested Jesus in the Garden. The same word is used three times about them in Jn. 18:3,12,18. The risk Peter was taking was considerable, seeing he had visibly been with the Lord in the Garden and had tried to kill one of the servants. We must give due weight to this- his devotion to his Lord was incomplete but all the same must be recognized for what it was as far as it was. So often those who aim higher than others in their spiritual devotions are those who fall the most publicly, and yet their devotion to their Lord should not be forgotten- for it is higher than the mass of other disciples.</p><table border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 width=100%>    <tbody>        <tr>            <td valign=top>            <p>Matthew</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>Mark</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>Luke</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>John</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td valign=top>            <p>Accusation 1</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a   maid came to him, saying: You also were with Jesus the Galilean.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And as Peter was downstairs in the courtyard,   there came one of the maids of the high priest.&nbsp; And seeing Peter   warming himself, she looked at him and said: You also were with the Nazarene,   Jesus</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of   the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat among them. 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.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another   disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest; and he entered with   Jesus into the court of the high priest.&nbsp; But Peter was standing outside   the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out   and spoke to the maid who kept watch at the door. The maid keeping watch at   the door said to Peter: Are you also one of this man's disciples?</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td valign=top>            <p>Denial 1</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>But he denied before them all, saying: I do not   know what you say.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>But he denied it, saying: I neither know, nor   understand what you say; and he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>But he denied it, saying: Woman, I do not know   him.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>He said: I am not</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td valign=top>            <p>Accusation 2</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And when he went out to the entrance, another   maid saw him and said to the bystanders: This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And the maid saw him and began again to say to   them that stood by: This is one of them</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And after a little while another person saw him   and said: You also are one of them.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>Now the servants and the officers were standing   there, having made a fire of coals. For it was cold, and they were warming   themselves; and Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself... Now   Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him: Are you also   one of his disciples?</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td valign=top>            <p>Denial 2</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And again he denied with an oath: I do not know   the man.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>But he again denied it.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>But Peter said: Man, I am not.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>He denied and said: I am not</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td valign=top>            <p>Accusation 3</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And after a little while they that stood by came   and said to Peter: Of a truth you also are one of them, for your dialect   makes you known.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And after a little while, again they that stood   by said to Peter: Of a truth you are one of them; for you are a Galilean.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And after the space of about one hour another   confidently affirmed, saying: Of a truth, this man also was with him. For he   is a Galilean.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>One of the servants of the high priest, being a   relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said: Did I not see you in the   garden with him?</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td valign=top>            <p>Denial 3</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>Then he began to curse and to swear: I do not   know the man And immediately the cock crowed.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>But he began to curse and to swear under oath: I   do not know this man of whom you speak. And immediately the second time the   cock crew</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>But Peter said: Man, I do not know what you say.   And immediately, as he spoke, the cock crew.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>Peter denied again; and immediately the   cock crew.</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td valign=top>            <p>Peter's response 1</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And Peter remembered the words which Jesus had   said: Before the cock crows, you shall deny me three times.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: Before   the cock crows twice, you shall deny me three times.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And   Peter remembered the word of the Lord that he had said to him: Before the   cock crow this day, you shall deny me three times.&nbsp;</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td valign=top>            <p>Peter goes out</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And he went out and wept bitterly.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And as he thought upon it, he wept.</p>            </td>            <td valign=top>            <p>And he went out and wept bitterly.</p>            </td>        </tr>    </tbody></table>