Luke 22:58

after a little while The trial before the Sacerdotal Committee naturally took some time, and they were awaiting the result.

another saw him After his first denial "before them all" (Matthew 26:70) he probably hoped to shake off this dangerous curiosity; and, perhaps as his guilt was brought more home to him by the first crowing of the cock (Mark 14:68), he stole back out of the light of the brazier where he had been sitting with the servants, to the gate or vestibule (pulona, Matthew 26:71, proaulion,Mark 14:68). Of this second denial St John says, "theysaid to him" (Luke 18:25); and as the portress was sure to have gossipped about him to the girl who relieved her at her post, the seconddenial was due to his being pointed out by the second maid to the group of idlers who were hanging about the door, one of whom was prominent in pressing the charge against him. Matthew 26:71 (ἄλλη ); Mark 14:69(ἡ παιδίσκη ); John 18:25(εἶπον ); here ἕτερος .What discrepancy then worth speaking of is there here? Doubtless the second and third charges became more and more general as the news spread among the group. It is much more important to notice the moral law of "linked lies" by which -once denied" always has a tendency to become -thrice denied." "Whom," asks St Augustine, "have you ever seen contented with a singlesin?"

Man A mode of displeased address, Luke 12:14.