John 18:10

Therefore Simon Peter had a sword, and drew it out, and smote the servant of the bishop (or and struck the servant of the High Priest), and cut off his right ear. And the name of the servant was Malchus.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

9(So) That the word which he said should be fulfilled, For I lost not any of them, which thou hast given to me.

11Therefore Jesus said to Peter, Put thou thy sword into thy sheath; wilt thou not, that I drink the cup, that my Father gave to me?

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Cross References

Mark 14:30And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to thee (or I tell you the truth), that today before that the cock in this night crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. [+And Jesus saith to him, Truly I say to thee, for today before that the cock crow twice in this night, thrice thou shalt deny me.]

Luke 22:33Which said to him, Lord, I am ready to go into prison and into death with thee. [+Which said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, into prison and into death.]

John 18:26One of the bishop’s servants (or One of the former High Priest’s servants), (a) cousin of him, whose ear Peter cut off, said, Saw I thee not in the yard with him? [+or Whether I saw thee not in the garden 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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