LUKE 22:55 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.”
And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them — the fire in the courtyard: the nighttime warmth around which the servants and guards gather. Peter sat down with them: the integration into the courtyard crowd that sets up the recognition.
Church Fathers on Luke 22:55
The wretched men understood not the mystery, nor had reverence to an outpouring of compassion so merciful, that even His enemies He suffered not to be wounded. For it is said, Then took they him, &c. When we read of Jesus being holden, let us guard against thinking that He is holden with respect to His divine nature, and unwilling through weakness, for He is held captive and bound according to the truth of His bodily nature.
Now the Chief Priest means Caiaphas, who according to John was High Priest that year.
But first He was led to Annas, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, as John says, then to Caiaphas, as Matthew says, but Mark and Luke do not give the name of the High Priest.
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