Joh 18:25 | NETfull | STEP | Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” Peter denied it: “I am not!”

John 18:25

Peter’s Second and Third Denials

25 Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard ^{▼▼ The words “in the courtyard” are not in the Greek text. They are supplied for the benefit of the modern reader, to link this scene to the preceding one in John 18:15–18.} warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” ^{▼▼ Questions prefaced with μή (mē) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “are you?”).} Peter ^{▼▼ Grk “That one denied it and said”; the referent of the pronoun (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} denied it: “I am not!”