Simon Peter had a sword, which he pulled out. He struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)
One of the followers standing near Jesus grabbed his sword and pulled it out. He swung it at the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.
One of the servants of the high priest was there. He was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off. The servant said, “I think I saw you with him in the garden!”
But Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, I am ready to go to jail with you. I will even die with you!”
Jesus answered, “The truth is, tonight you will say you don’t know me. You will say it three times before the rooster crows twice.”