a maid: Η παιδισκη: strong:G3814, "the maid," and not the one mentioned in Mark 14:66, but αλλη: strong:G243, another, as Matthew states (Matthew 26:71), she who was the janitrix, or door-keeper. John 18:17
and began: Mark 14:38; Luke 22:58; John 18:25; Galatians 6:1