King James Version
Luke 22:56 in the King James Version says “But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him...” — study this verse from Luke chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.”
Luke 22:56 · KJV
Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
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“beheld”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“as he sat”
G2521and ???? (to sit; akin to the base of g1476); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside
“by”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“the fire”
G5457luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“with”
G4862with or together (but much closer than g3326 or g3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, additi
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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