John 18:10

New International Reader's Version

Simon Peter had a sword and pulled it out. He struck the high priest’s slave and cut off his right ear. The slave’s name was Malchus.

Cross References

Mark 14:30

“What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus answered. “It will happen today, in fact tonight. Before the rooster crows twice, you yourself will say three times that you don’t know me.”

Mark 14:47

Then one of those standing nearby pulled his sword out. He struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.

Luke 22:33

But Simon replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”

John 18:26

One of the high priest’s slaves was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off. He said to Peter, “Didn’t I see you with Jesus in the garden?”