<p>18:25 <em>Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him: Are you also one of his disciples? He denied and said: I am not</em>- As noted on :17, His &quot;I am not&quot; compares unfavourably with the Lord's statement &quot;I am&quot;, and shamelessly open declaration of Himself as He always had. The &quot;also&quot; could imply that the conversation had turned around others who were the Lord's disciples. John was known to the high priest, and presumably to his entourage, in that he had got the girl to allow Peter in to the compound. The talk would naturally have turned to how John was one of his disciples- and then quite naturally, to his friend Peter. As noted on :18, Peter displays quite some simple-mindedness in not seeing that denial was pointless and deeply unconvincing.</p>