Many commentators of note, such as Patrizzi among Catholics, and Alford among Protestants, reconcile St. John’s account with that of the Synoptic Evangelists in another way. They hold that the events recorded in verses 15‐23 took place when Jesus was brought before Annas; but as Caiphas and Annas occupied an official residence in common, or as Annas was, perhaps, the guest of Caiphas, his son‐in‐law, on this night of the Paschal Supper, though it was _Annas_ who examined Christ, as recorded by St. John (verses 10‐23), yet it was to the court of Caiphas, or the common court attached to the house of Annas and Caiphas, that Jesus entered (verse 15); and there, too, St. Peter denied His Master for the first time. In any of the above opinions, St. John agrees with the Synoptic Evangelists, that the place of St. Peter’s first denial was the court of Caiphas: but in the second opinion, the “high priest” of verse 19 is Annas, not Caiphas. See Patriz., Liber ii. Adnot. clxxvii. From St. Matthew (xxvi. 59) and St. Mark (xiv. 55) we learn that Caiphas was not alone on this occasion. The whole Sanhedrim was present; but as the case was an important one, this body had to meet again formally after day‐dawn, to finally decide it. See below on verse 28. 16. Petrus autem stabat ad 16. But Peter stood at the ostium foris. Exivit ergo door without. The other discipulus alius qui erat disciple therefore who was notus pontifici, et dixit known to the high‐priest, went ostiariae: et introduxit out, and spoke to the Petrum. portress, and brought in Peter. 16. *But Peter stood* (was standing) *at the door without*. “An oriental house is usually built round a quadrangular interior court; into which there is a passage (sometimes arched) through the front part of the house, closed next the street by a heavy folding gate, with a small wicket for single persons, kept by a porter. In the text, the interior court, often paved or flagged, and open to the sky, is the αὐλή, where the attendants made a fire; and the passage, beneath the front of the house, from the street to this court is the προαύλιον (Mark xiv. 68), or πυλών (Matt. xxvi. 71). The place where Jesus stood before the high‐priest may have been an open room or place of audience on the ground‐floor, raised somewhat above the court (Mark xiv. 66) in the rear or on one side of the court; such rooms, open in front, being customary” (Robinson, _Notes to Harmony_). 17. Dicit ergo Petro ancilla 17. The maid therefore that ostiaria: Numquid et tu ex was portress, saith to Peter: discipulis es hominis istius? Art not thou also one of this Dicit ille: Non sum. man’s disciples? He saith: I am not.