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Mat_26:69. Ἔξω ] with reference to the interior of the particular building in which the trial of Jesus had been conducted. In Mat_26:58 ἔσω is used because in that instance Peter went from the street into the court-yard.
μία παιδίσκη ] μία is here used in view of the ἄλλη of Mat_26:71 below. Comp. on Mat_8:19. Both of them may have seen ( ἦσθα , ἦν ) Peter among the followers of Jesus somewhere in Jerusalem, and may have preserved a distinct recollection of his appearance. παιδίσκη , in the sense of a female slave, corresponds exactly to our (German) Mädchen; see Lobeck, ad Phryn. p. 239.
καὶ σὺ ἦσθα , κ . τ . λ .] categorical accusation, as in Mat_26:71; Mat_26:73, and not a question (Klostermann).
τοῦ Γαλιλ .] which specific designation she may have heard applied to the Prisoner. The other slave (Mat_26:71) is still more specific, inasmuch as she calls Him ὁ Ναζωραῖος .