A moment in scripture
John 18:10
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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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The surrounding passage
- John 18:8
Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
- John 18:9
That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
- John 18:11
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
- John 18:12
Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.