Cornelius a Lapide

But as he was going out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them that were there. This jellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. “ It is clear,” says S. Augustine (de Cons. Evang. iil 6), “ by comparing the testimony of all the Evangelists, that Peter did not deny in front of the gate, but within it, in the hall by the fire. S. Matthew and S. Mark mention his going, but for brevity’s sake do not mention his return.”