John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 22:55
And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall ,.... 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... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 22:54-62
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, Luke 22:66. But notice is not taken here, as was in the other evangelists, of Christ's being now upon his examination before the high priest, only of his being brought into the high priest's house, Luke... read more