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.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Simon Peter having a sword,.... Girt about him, which he either wore in common, or particularly at the feast, as the Galilaeans are said to do, to preserve them from thieves and wild beasts by…
See the notes at Mat 26:51-52. The servant’s name was Malchus - His name is mentioned by neither of the other evangelists, nor is it said by the other evangelists who was the disciple that gave the…
Adam Clarke
Having a sword - See the note on Luk 22:36.
Cut off his right ear - He probably designed to have cloven his scull in two, but God turned it aside, and only permitted the ear to be taken off; and this…
The hour was now come that the captain of our salvation, who was to be made perfect by sufferings, should engage the enemy. We have here his entrance upon the encounter. The day of recompence is in…
Cambridge Bible
Then Simon Peter Simon Peter therefore (Joh 18:18), because he -saw what would follow" (Luk 22:49). All four Evangelists mention this act of violence; S. John alone gives the names. While S. Peter was…
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