Mark 14:54

ὁ Πέτρος : the story of Peter's denial begins here, and, after being suspended by the account of the trial, is resumed at Mark 14:66. ἀπὸ μακρόθεν, from afar (ἀπὸ redundant here as elsewhere), fearful, yet drawn on by love and curiosity. ἕως ἔσω εἰς : a redundant but expressive combination, suggesting the idea of one stealthily feeling his way into the court of the palace, venturing further and further in, and gaining courage with each step (vide Weiss, Mk.-Evan., p. 470). θερμαινόμενος : nights cold even at Easter in Palestine; a fire in the court welcome in the early hours of morning, when something unusual was going on. “However hot it may be in the daytime, the nights in spring are almost always cold” Furrer, Wanderungen, p. 241. πρὸς τὸ φῶς, at the fire; here called light, because it was there to give light as well as heat. Elsner and Raphel cite instances of the use of φῶς for fire from Xenophon. Hesychius gives πῦρ as one of its meanings.