Luke 22:55

πῦρ. The spring nights at Jerusalem, which is 2610 feet above the level of the sea, are often cold.

τῆς αὐλῆς. ‘Of the court.’

συνκαθισάντων ἐκάθητο … μέσος αὐτῶν. ‘When they sat down together, Peter sat midmost among them,’ i.e. among the servants of the High Priest. He sat in the middle of a group composed of the very men who had just been engaged more or less directly in the arrest of his Lord. It was like the impetuosity of his character, but most unwise for one of his temperament. St John says (Luke 18:18) that “he stood,” and perhaps we have here a touch of restlessness.