John 18:10

Then Simon Peter drew a sword and struck Malchus, the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9These words fulfilled what he had previously said: “I have not lost any of those you gave me.”

11Jesus told Peter, “Put the sword away! Do you think I shouldn't drink the cup the Father has given me?”

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Cross References

Mark 14:30Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth that today, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny that you even know me three times.”

Luke 22:33Peter said, “Lord, I'm ready to go with you to prison, and to die with you!”

John 18:26One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked Peter, “Didn't I see you in the olive grove with him?”

Matthew Henry on John 18:2-13

Christ in the Garden; The Treachery of Judas; The Ear of Malachus Cut Off; Christ Yields Himself a Prisoner. 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. 3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and… Read the whole commentary →

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