And as Peter was beneath in the palace,.... Not at the lower and further end of the room, but in the lower part of it; that part in which Jesus and the sanhedrim were, being upon an advanced ground, with steps ascending to it:there cometh one of the maids of the high priest; the same that kept the door, and let him in.
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Mark 14:66
Mark 14:66
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