A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!”
Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came over and said to him, “You were one of those with Jesus the Galilean.”
In the evening Jesus arrived with the Twelve.
But Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. Why criticize her for doing such a good thing to me?
Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again, and his eyes were opened. His sight was completely restored, and he could see everything clearly.
The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them there.
But Peter denied it. “Woman,” he said, “I don’t even know him!”
The woman asked Peter, “You’re not one of that man’s disciples, are you?” “No,” he said, “I am not.”