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Luke 22:55 KJV
Luke · chapter 22 · verse 55
And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.Luke 22:55 · King James Version
Luke 22:55 in context
53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
54Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.
55And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
56But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
57And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- togethersygkathizōto cause to sit down together, place together, to sit down togetherG4776 →
- kindledhaptōto fasten to, adhere to, to fasten fire to a thing, kindle, set of fireG681 →
- midstmesosmiddle, the midst, in the midst of, amongstG3319 →
- PeterpetrosPeter = " a rock or a stone" , one of the twelve disciples of JesusG4074 →
- amongenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- firepyrfireG4442 →
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We have here the melancholy story of Peter's denying his Master, at the time when he was arraigned before the high priest, and those that were of the cabal, that were ready to receive the prey, and to prepare the evidence for his arraignment, as soon as it was day, before the great sanhedrim, Luk 22:66.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 54-62