Luke 22:55

55 and when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.

Luke 22:55 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:55

And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall,
&c.] It being cold in the night time, though it was at the passover, and the beginning of harvest, the servants and officers of the high priest made a fire in the middle of the hall, whilst Jesus was examining before the sanhedrim, at the other end of it: and were sat down together;
about it, as the Syriac version adds, to warm themselves: Peter sat down among them;
for the same purpose, and as if he was one of them; and which he might do, not only to warm himself, but to prevent his being taken notice of, and suspected; as he might have been, had he been loitering about.

Luke 22:55 In-Context

53 When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."

54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house. Peter followed at a distance;

55 and when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.

56 Then a maid, seeing him as he sat in the light and gazing at him, said, "This man also was with him."

57 But he denied it, saying, "Woman, I do not know him."