The crowds answered, “He is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Matthew 26:69 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Now Peter was sitting outside in a courtyard and a servant-girl approached him and said, “You also were with Jesus, the Galilean.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one maid came up to him and said, You were also with Jesus the Galilean! American Standard Version (1901) Now Peter was sitting without in the court: and a maid came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilæan. Common English Bible Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant woman came and said to him, “You were also with Jesus the Galilean.” Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a maidservant approached him, saying, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Peter sat without in the court: and there came to him a servant maid, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean. |
The crowds answered, “He is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Then the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] people were gathered in the courtroom of the head priest, named Caiaphas.
But Peter followed Him from a distance [as they were going] to the courtyard of the head priest. He went inside [i.e., eventually. See John 18:15-16] and sat down with the [Jewish] officers to see how things would turn out [i.e., with Jesus’ trial].
But he denied [it] in front of all of them, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.”
And when he had gone out by the gate, another servant-girl saw him and said to those nearby, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
Nathaniel replied to him, “Can anything worthwhile come from Nazareth?” [Note: Nazareth had a bad reputation and Jewish writings made no prediction of a prophet coming from that area. See John 7:52]. Philip answered him, “Come and see.”
Others said, “He is the Christ.” But [still] others said, “What [do you mean]? The Christ will not come from Galilee, [will he?].
They answered him, “Are you from Galilee, too? Search [the Scriptures], and you will see that no prophet will come from Galilee.” [Note: They were probably referring to “the prophet” predicted to come by Moses. Deut. 18:15].
Later on another man, named Judas of Galilee, appeared during the census [Note: The time and circumstances of this census were probably known to the original readers], and led [a group of] people away after him, but he also was killed and all of his followers were scattered.