“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.”
John 18:10 (WEB)
Context Reading
8Jesus answered,“I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,” 9that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke,“Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none.” 10Simon 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. 11Jesus therefore said to Peter,“Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?” 12So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,