Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls came by.

One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear.

how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?”

And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire.