There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Now it happened, while he was performing the priest's office before God in the order of his division,

according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

He commanded him to tell no one, "But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."

By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance.