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Luke 22:56 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, “This man also was with him.” "
Luke 22:56
Verse in Context
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54 They seized him and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance.
55 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
56 A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, “This man also was with him.”
57 He denied Jesus, saying, “Woman, I don’t know him.”
58 After a little while someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them!” But Peter answered, “Man, I am not!”
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Luke 22:1
"Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching."
Luke 22:2
"The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people."
Luke 22:3
"Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve."
Luke 22:4
"He went away and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them."
Luke 22:5
"They were glad, and agreed to give him money."
Luke 22:6
"He consented and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude."
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