Topic
Malchus
10 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 26:51Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Peter assaults in Gethsemane -Healed by Jesus
And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.
- Luke 22:51Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Peter assaults in Gethsemane -Healed by Jesus
And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
- John 18:10Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Peter assaults in Gethsemane -Healed by Jesus
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.
- Mark 14:47Easton · ISBE · Nave Peter assaults in Gethsemane -Healed by Jesus
And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
- Luke 22:50ISBE · Nave Peter assaults in Gethsemane -Healed by Jesus
¶ And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
- Matthew 26:52ISBE
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
- Mark 14:17Smith
And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
- Luke 22:49Smith
When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
- John 18:11ISBE
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 18:26ISBE
One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Reigning, the personal servant or slave of the high priest Caiaphas. He is mentioned only by John. Peter cut off his right ear in the garden of Gethsemane (John 18:10). But our Lord cured it with a touch (Matt. 26:51; Mark 14:47; Luke 22:51). This was the last miracle of bodily cure wrought by our Lord. It is not mentioned by John.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
mal'-kus (Malchos, from melekh, i.e. "counselor" or "king"): The name of the servant of the high priest Caiaphas whose right ear was smitten off by Simon Peter at the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (compare Mt 26:51; Mr 14:47; Lu 22:50; Joh 18:10). It is noteworthy that Luke "the physician" alone gives an account of the healing of the wound (Lu 22:51). As Jesus "touched his ear, and healed him," the ear was not entirely severed from the head. The words of Jesus, "Suffer ye thus far," may have been addressed either to the disciples, i.e. "Suffer ye that I thus far show kindness to my captors," or to those about to bind him, i.e. asking a short respite to heal Malchus. They were not addressed directly to Peter, as the Greek form is plural, whereas in Mt 26:52; Joh 18:11, where, immediately after the smiting of Malchus, Jesus does address Peter, the singular form is used; nor do the words of Jesus there refer to the healing but to the action of his disciple. A kinsman of Malchus, also a servant of the high priest, was one of those who put the questions which made Peter deny Jesus (Joh 18:26).
C. M. Kerr
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.