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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 18:10 in context
John 18:7–13
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Again therefore he asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
They said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
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Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,”
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that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, “Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.”
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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.
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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?”
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So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,
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and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
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