In the time of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zacharias, of the family of Abia, whose wife; nam'd Elizabeth, was of the race of Aaron:

and he charg'd him not to tell any man: but go, said he, present your self to the priest, and offer what the law requires for your purification, that it may be an evidence to them.

a certain priest happen'd to be travelling that way, who look'd upon him, and then pass'd on.

and one of them struck a servant of the high priest, and slash'd off his right ear.

Then they seized him and carried him away to the high priest's house, and Peter followed at a distance.