58But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
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The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. …
And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 57-68)We have here the arraignment of our Lord Jesus in the ecclesiastical court, before the great sanhedrim. Observe, I. The sitting of the court; the scribes and the elders were assembled, though it was in the dead time of the night, when other people were fast asleep in their beds; yet, to gratify their malice against Christ, they denied themselves that natural rest, and sat up all night, to be ready…
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