During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.

Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him, "Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side.

Then one of them struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his right ear.

Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance.