Luke 22:55

Some had kindled a fire there in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, and Peter sat down among them.

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In The King James Version

And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

In Context

54Then they arrested him, led him away, and brought him to the house of the high priest, and Peter was following at a distance.

56When a servant girl saw him sitting in the light of the fire, she looked at him intently and said, “This man also was with him.”

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Cross References

Matthew 26:69Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him and said, “Yoʋ also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

Luke 22:44Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

John 18:25Meanwhile, Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “Yoʋ are not also one of his disciples, are yoʋ?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

Matthew Henry on Luke 22:55-63

The Fall of Peter. 54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. 56 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. 57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said,… Read the whole commentary →

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