And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
See this explained in Mat 26:48-56. Luk 22:48 Betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? - By the “Son of man” was evidently meant “the Messiah.” Judas had had the most satisfactory evidence of that,…
Adam Clarke
Cut off his right ear - See the note on Mat 26:51.
Satan, finding himself baffled in his attempts to terrify our Lord Jesus, and so to put him out of the possession of his own soul, betakes himself (according to his usual method) to force and arms,…
Cambridge Bible
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 26:26; ὠτάριον , Mar…
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