197. Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high
priest's servant, _and cut off his right ear_. The servant's name was
Malchus. John xviii. 10.
198. Then took they him (Christ) and led him and brought him into the
high priest's house, and Peter followed afar off. And when they had
kindled a fire in the midst of the hall and were sat down together,
Peter sat down among them. But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by
the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, this man was also
with him. _And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not_. And after
a little while another saw him, and said, thou art also of them. And
Peter said, _Man, I am not_. Luke xxii. 54 to 58.