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Malchus. Malchus (/ ˈmælkəs /; Koinē Greek: Μάλχος, romanized: Málkhos, pronounced [ˈmal.kʰos]) was the servant of the Jewish High Priest Caiaphas who participated in the arrest of Jesus as written in the four gospels. According to the Bible, one of the disciples, Simon Peter, being armed with a sword, cut off the servant's ear in ...
Healing the ear of a servant. Healing the ear of a servant is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels. [1] Even though the incident of the servant's ear being cut off is recorded in all four gospels, Matthew 26:51; Mark 14:47; Luke 22:51; and John 18:10–11; the servant and the disciple are named as Malchus and Simon Peter only in John.
Peter also came with a weapon (verses 10–11): Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus .
[6] [7] Having been identified, the officers arrested Jesus, although one of Jesus's disciples attempted to stop them with a sword and cut off the ear of one of the arresting officers. [6] [7] The Gospel of John specifies that was Simon Peter and identifies the wounded officer with Malchus, the servant of Caiaphas, the High Priest of Israel.
The healing of Malchus was Christ's final miracle before his resurrection. Simon Peter had cut off the ear of the High Priest's servant, Malchus, during the scene in the Garden of Gethsemane . Jesus restored the ear by touching it with his hand.
The three synoptic gospels all mention that, when Jesus was arrested, one of his companions cut off the ear of a servant of the High Priest of Israel. [55] [56] [57] The Gospel of John also includes this event and names Peter as the swordsman and Malchus as the victim. [58] Luke adds that Jesus touched the ear and miraculously healed it. [59]
The men grab Jesus and an unnamed person there takes his sword and attacks one of the high priests' men and cuts off his ear. Matthew and Luke say it was done by an unnamed disciple. According to John, Peter was the one who cut off the man's ear, who John says was a servant of the high priest Caiaphas named Malchus. According to Luke Jesus ...
down and right from the garden: Judas kisses Jesus; Peter cuts off Malchus' ear 7. Denial of Peter: above and right from the arrest: Peter shown in a doorway, with cock crowing above 8. Christ before Pilate: left of centre; Pilate seated on his throne (traditional Station of the Cross no.1) 9. Flagellation of Christ: centre 10. Second ...