MARK 14:54 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.”
Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire — Peter's presence in the courtyard establishes the physical setting for the denial. The at a distance communicates the fear that will produce the denial — close enough to follow but not close enough to identify with. The warming at the fire will be the context for the slave girl's recognition and Peter's three denials.
Church Fathers on Mark 14:54
The Evangelist had related above how our Lord had been taken by the servants of the Priests. Now he begins to relate how He was condemned to death in the house of the High Priest.
He means by the High Priest, Caiaphas, who (as John writes) was High Priest that year, of whom Josephus relates that he bought his priesthood of the Roman Emperor.
Then took place the gathering together of the bulls among the heifers of the people. [Ps 67:31, Vulgate]
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