A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
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A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
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And one of them smote a servaut of the hiest preste of all and smote of his right eare.
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And one of them smote a seruant of the hie Priest, and strooke off his right eare.
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Passages linked to Luke 22:50 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 18:10-11 Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”
- Mark 14:47 But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
- Matthew 26:51-54 Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear. Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”
- Romans 12:19 Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- 2 Corinthians 10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 50 And one of them smote the servant of…
50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
Ver. 50. See Mat 26:51; Mar 14:47; Joh 18:10.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Jesus answered and said,.... Not to the question…
And Jesus answered and said,.... Not to the question of the disciples, but either to Peter, who had done this rash action; and so the Persic and Ethiopic versions add, "to him"; or else to the multitude,
suffer ye thus far; or to them both, to Peter to stop his hand, to proceed no further, but put up his sword; and so the Arabic version reads, "refrain thyself"; and to the multitude to be easy, and not revenge the affront that was given them: and in order to pacify them, "he went to the wounded man", as the Persic version inserts,
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and he touched his ear and healed him; which shows, that though the human nature of Christ was in a very low condition, yet he still retained the power of doing miracles; and also his great humanity, by which example be confirmed his precept of doing good to enemies; and likewise hereby gave full proof of his willingness to be apprehended by them; for otherwise, he that wrought such a miracle as this, could easily have delivered himself out of their hands; and one would have thought this would have put a stop to them, and have convinced them of the truth of his being a divine person, and the Messiah.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 50. Cut off his right ear.] See Clarke…
Verse 50. Cut off his right ear.] See Clarke on Mt 26:51.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 50. the servant of the high priest] Malchus.
50. the servant of the high priest] Malchus.
right ear] A specific touch not found in the other Evangelists. All three use the diminutive—if the readings can be relied on. (ὠτίον, Mat_26:51; ὠτάριον, Mar_14:47; ὠτίον, Joh_18:10. In this passage we have both οὖς and ὠτίον.) No stress can be laid on this. Languages in their later stage often adopt diminutives to avoid the trouble of genders.
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See my Language and Languages, p. 319.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (50-53) And one of them.—See Notes on Mat_27:52-56; Mar_14:47-49.…
(50-53) And one of them.—See Notes on Mat_27:52-56; Mar_14:47-49. It will be remembered that all the four Gospels relate the incident, but that St. John alone gives the name of the disciple. It is possibly characteristic of St. Luke’s technical accuracy that he uses the diminutive form of “ear,” as if part only were cut off. In Deu_15:17 it seems to be applied specially to the fleshy lobe of the ear.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And one of them smote the servant of the…
And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. The name of the disciple who smote the servant of the high priest is given by St. John: it was Peter. He gives, too, the servant"s name, Malchus. John wrote many years later, when Jerusalem had long ceased to exist; Peter, too, had passed away. Before this incident, St. John relates how the Roman and Jewish guards "went backward, and fell to the ground." What overawed the party of armed men is un-certain-whether some supernatural or merely a natural cause; possibly something of majesty in the Lord"s appearance impelled these men to retire and reverently to salute him they were ordered to seize. St. John mentions this to show that it was of his own free will that he rendered himself up.
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