Mark 14:54

Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.

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WEBBE

Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.

BSB

Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.

KJV

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.

ASV

And Peter had followed him afar off, even within, into the court of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light [of the fire].

BBE

And Peter had come after him at a distance, even into the house of the high priest; and he was seated with the captains, warming himself in the light of the fire.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ὁ ho (the) G3588 Πέτρος Petros Peter G4074 ἀπὸ apo from G575 μακρόθεν makrothen afar off G3113 ἠκολούθησεν ēkolouthēsen followed G190 αὐτῷ autō Him G846 ἕως he'ōs until G2193 ἔσω esō within G2080 εἰς eis to G1519 τὴν tēn the G3588 αὐλὴν aulēn court G833 τοῦ tou of the G3588 ἀρχιερέως archiereōs high priest G749 καὶ kai and G2532 ἦν ēn he was G1510 συγκαθήμενος sugkathēmenos sitting G4775 μετὰ meta with G3326 τῶν tōn the G3588 ὑπηρετῶν hupēretōn officers G5257 καὶ kai and G2532 θερμαινόμενος thermainomenos warming himself G2328 πρὸς pros at G4314 τὸ to the G3588 φῶς.¶ phōs fire G5457

The early church

(ubi sup.) But rightly does he follow afar off, who is just about to betray Him; for he could not have denied Christ, if he had remained close to Him. There follows, And he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(ubi sup.) For charity is the fire of which it is said, I am come to send fire on the earth, (Luke 12:49) which flame coming down on the believers, taught them to speak with various tongues the praise of the Lord. There is also a fire of covetousness, of which it is said, They are all adulterers as an oven; (Hosea 7:4) this fire, raised up in the hall of Caiaphas by the suggestion of an evil spirit, was arming the tongues of the traitors to deny and blaspheme the Lord. For the fire lit up in the hall amidst the cold of the night was a figure of what the wicked assembly was doing within; for because of the abounding of iniquity the love of many waxes cold. Peter, who for a time was benumbed by this cold, wished as it were to be warmed by the coals of the servants of Caiaphas, because He sought in the society of traitors the consolation of worldly comfort. It goes on, And the Chief Priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death. (Matt. 24:12)
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
It goes on: And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the High Priest. For though fear holds him back, love draws him on. He warms himself at the fire in the hall, with the servants. The hall of the High-Priest is the enclosure of the world, the servants are the devils, with whom whosoever remains cannot weep for his sins; the fire is the desire of the flesh.
Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 53–65

We have here Christ's condemnation before the great council of the Jews. Peter followed; but the high priest's fire-side was no proper place, nor his servants proper company, for Peter: it was an entrance into temptation. Great diligence was used to procure false witnesses against Jesus, yet their testimony was not equal to the charge of a capital crime, by the utmost stretch of their law. He was asked, Art thou the Son of the Blessed? that is, the Son of God. For the proof of his being the Son of God, he refers to his second coming. In these outrages we have proofs of man's enmity to God, and of God's free and unspeakable love to man.

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