One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, 'Did I not see you in the garden with him?' — The third denial's trigger differs: a kinsman of Malchus (whom Peter wounded) makes a direct accusation grounded in eyewitness evidence. This progression—from inference to multiple voices to direct identification—traps Peter inescapably. The reference to Peter's earlier violence becomes the instrument of his undoing.

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