Luke 22:50 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 22:50

And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

BSB

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ASV

And a certain one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his right ear.

KJV

And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 148 (444)

The blessed disciples, wounded with the prodding of divine love, drew their swords to repel the attack. Christ would not permit this, but he rebuked Peter, saying, "Put your sword into its sheath; for all who have taken swords shall die by swords." In this, he gave us a pattern of the way in which we must hold on by our love for him and of the extent to which the burning zeal of our piety may proceed. He does not want us to use swords to resist our enemies.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

For Peter being well versed in the law, and full of ardent affection, knowing that it was counted righteousness in Phineas that he had killed the sacrilegious persons, struck the High Priest's servant. The Lord in wiping away the bloody wounds, conveyed thereby a divine mystery, namely, that the servant of the prince of this world, not by the condition of His nature but by guilt, should receive a wound on the ear, for that he had not heard the words of wisdom.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And one of them smote the servant of the high priest,.... The person that drew his sword, and performed this daring action, not waiting for an answer from Christ, was Peter, and the high priest's servant, that he smote, was Malchus; both which we learn from Joh 18:10 and cut off his right ear; he aimed, no doubt, at his head, but missing his blow, took off his right ear.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐπάταξεν	epataxen	struck	G3960 →
εἷς	heis	one	G1520 →
τις	tis	a certain	G5100 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἀρχιερέως	archiereōs	high priest	G749 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
δοῦλον	doulon	servant	G1401 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀφεῖλεν	apheilen	cut off	G851 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
οὖς	ous	ear	G3775 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
δεξιόν.	dexion	right.	G1188 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:35
  Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Hebrews 10:30
  For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
- Proverbs 24:29
  Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Through
2 Corinthians 10:4
The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:7
  in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
- Ephesians 6:13–18
  Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
- Jeremiah 1:10
  See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
- 1 Corinthians 2:5
  so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
- 1 Samuel 17:45–50
  But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke