{Did not I see thee in the garden with him?} (ouk eg(9320)se
eidon en t(9369) k(8870)(9369) met' autou;). This staggering and sudden
thrust expects an affirmative answer by the use of ouk, not
m(885c) as in verses  17,25 , but Peter's previous denials with the
knowledge that he was observed by a kinsman of Malchus whom he
had tried to kill (verse  10 ) drove him to the third flat denial
that he knew Jesus, this time with cursing and swearing ( Mr
14:71  Mt 26:73 ). Peter was in dire peril now of arrest himself
for attempt to kill. {Straightway} (euthe(9373)). As in  Mt 26:74 
while Luke has parachr(886d)a ( Lu 22:60 ). Mark ( Mr 14:68,72 )
speaks of two crowings as often happens when one cock crows. See
 Mt 26:34  for alekt(9372) (cock). That was usually the close of
the third watch of the night ( Mr 13:35 ), about 3 A.M. Luke ( Lu
22:61 ) notes that Jesus turned and looked on Peter probably as
he passed from the rooms of Annas to the trial before Caiaphas
and the Sanhedrin (the ecclesiastical court). See Mrs. Browning's
beautiful sonnets on "The Look".