“O what strange and remarkable turns occur in these ironic events! When Peter merely saw his master seized, he was so ardent as both to draw his sword and to whack off the servant's ear! But—alas, then when it might have been even more plausible for him to be even more indignant, and to be inflamed and to burn, upon he…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — THE GOSPEL OF ST MATTHEW, HOMILY 85.1
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66And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
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64Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
— Mark 14:66 —
67And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
68But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.