But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's (b) palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
(b) The word used here properly denotes an open large room in the front of a house, as we see in kings' palaces and noblemen's houses: we call it a court, for it is open to the air, and by the use of synecdoche, is understood to mean the house itself.