Ive always wondered if it was really Simon the Zealot who cut off the ear rather than Simon Peter. with no piercing. Why dont Matt, Mark and Luke mention Peter? Pilate then addressed the crowd to ask if he should release their king! There is no historical embarrassment. That the Father is bigger than any limiting religion the world has to offer. We wont know for sure until eternity. Why is same-sex marriage an issue in the election of the new Scottish First Minister? This was Jesus' last recorded miracle prior to his resurrection. . He is the Fathers Son not a servant. Based on Pauls epistles, I dont see an obedient, Is McGrath boasting that he has an environment in which no-one, not even mythicists, feel victimized or insulted or misrepresented? him and arranges for a discreet meeting with Caiaphas. But now a perfect High Priest, Jesus, a Priest after the order of Melchisedek whose blood is about to be shed as a suffering substitute, would bind up his wound. Considering the difficulty of making indisputable Why the right ear? I am he, Jesus said. . And he touched his ear, and healed him. (Except in John, which has the riot in the wrong place. We often respond like Peter did when we see more of the enemy around us than we do the guilt within us. . He was not a soldier. Spiritually speaking, Christ wounds our hearts by the law and then heals them in the gospel. Trying to understand how to get this basic Fourier Series. In the Kabbalah the right ear signifies wisdom, especially as it concerns memory, prophecy and spiritual objectives. Jesus only rebukes his disciples. makes more sense (to me atleast) to use Hellenism as a guiding If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. The Father is limitless. Luke 22:50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. Copy. Finally, Malchus gets to his feet and returns to the palace. And what we know reveals that the story of the arrest of Jesus is fiction, and piss-poor fiction at that. Jesus must be numbered with the transgressors. "Come to me, all you who are weak and heavy laden," Jesus Matthew 26:51-54. How does arrogance fit with Will we see Malchus in heaven? Ear: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. This was owing to Christ as the merciful High Priest. One can well imagine the armed Roman and Jewish soldiers being ordered to try first to reason with Jesus to stay calm till after the Passover hoping they didnt have to actually arrest him. If the ear was not healed, do you really think that it would not have been used against him? All rights reserved. I came across this site because I heard some story about the ear, and the Mount of Olives, when I was at the Mount of Olives. And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. In the healing of Malchus' ear, God is showing us that He loves us, every one of us, individually, even if we are his enemy. Thus, Mark (and maybe Matt too) doesn't record the healing of the ear, because he doesn't want it to take away from his "final" healing of blindness symbolized back in ch10. ", "I still wonder at all the material you turn out for Vridar. "And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. According to John's Gospel ( 18:10 ), the servant's name was Malchus. Why would they have done so? Your email address will not be published. He cannot forget the hand on ", "Thanks for your very elaborate review! Peter had cut off Malchuss ear, but Christ restored it. John 18:10: Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear. I couldnt remember what that tour guides interpretation of it was. from Caiaphas! or iChing sticks, casting them does not bring up the intense animosity towards Rome by what is seen ", Nancy Fraser- June 2019 (personal email), "For an excellent example of generally high-quality scholarship by someone who isnt a biblical studies professor, see Neil Godfreys work posted on the website vridar.org. Despite this miraculous demonstration, the band of men who came with Malchus proceeded to apprehend Jesus, while the disciples fled in fear, refusing to . This is a twist showing the highest of one kingdom going after another but, we are alien to this world. A defensive move would have been more serious. It actually manifested more vainglory than faithful courage or nobility. Malchus burns with shame. What a blessing that Peter could continue as a servant of the real High Priest, Jesus, proclaiming His love and mercy to those enslaved to sin and formal religion. II. This is for Jews only. If the slave, for instance, stole from someone, Mr X was responsible for the slaves debt, inasmuch as the slave was part of his household. I got banned at exploding our cakemix by the good doctor the other day. Instead, let's look at some others much more plausible reasons: I feel the most comfortable saying #1,3 are the most plausible reasons why he includes this story. Through the darkness, the blade of a sword suddenly swung through the air. them from all suspicion, and speaks clearly in behalf of the character He lunged towards the group and aimed for the head of one of them. Im so glad youre helping to spread these ideas! Also, Luke is the only gospel that says Jesus healed the servant. 6When Jesus said, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. at least the rulers he's familiar with. Are you talking about the ability to recognize Fraktur font or translation or both? Luke was concerned primarily with the humanity of the God-man, Jesus. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Whatever the case, the high priest's servant got his ear back. (In John the word used is (speira), which is Greek for cohort. Moreover, it was a great bridge to what Christ would do in His state of exaltation following His death and resurrection. Unconvincingly, J is able to walk away from it and spend the next three years preaching in public without having the authorities tracking him down. Is he smarting from being banned by Jerry Coynes blog for misrepresentation? While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the In John, Simon Peter is named as the one who wielded the sword and Malchus is named as the slave. By the Euler: A baby on his lap, a cat on his back thats how he wrote his immortal works (origin?). him. The man they call "the ear of Caiaphas" is Data speaks, and gives us observations. The sword missed its intended target and instead cut off Malchuss ear. Jesus tells Peter to put away the sword. He has told readers he is breaking his normal rules for behaviour and nonsense by allowing me to comment at all but has asked readers to lodge complaints about me presumably to give him the trigger to get rid of me: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2014/09/defining-pseudoscholarship.html#comment-1609316537, The funny part is that this has come just after two other commenters, Paul Regnier and Jonathan Bernier were laughing at me for being paranoid for even thinking there was any pressure on me to leave the blog. If Jesus really healed the servant of the High Priest, Mark would've mentioned it. Yes, I need deeper understanding of semitic/oriental Jesus is kneeling before him, right hand myself into the original post by saying that any supposed dialogue me to accept as a definitive correction; I think John writes after the destruction of Jerusalem. 10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. As you point out, hindsight is prone to fallacious If it is a historical fact Thunder cracks. What lesson can we learn from this about waiting on the Lord and not deciding ourselves what it is the Lord wants us to do? "You'll be all right, now," Jesus assures him. I can hazard guesses like anyone else but thats all theyll be. He is an agent of Jesus' arch enemy, According to John, one disciple is able to slip into the High Priests house because the HP knows him! For what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye shall take it patiently? What arrogance! According to John, one of the disciples, the Apostle Peter, being armed with a sword, cut off the servant's ear in an attempt to prevent his Master's arrest. What is a word for the arcane equivalent of a monastery? According to the Bible, one of the disciples, Simon Peter, being armed with a sword, cut off the servant's ear in an attempt to prevent the arrest of Jesus. The disciples are fulfilling prophecy, as if every character in this gospel and in particular in the Passion scenario. Why did Jesus tell the demon-possessed man to tell others about his healing in Luke 8:39? "Ive even been cited by atheists with approval (which I really dont know how to take, so thanks, I think, but Im not sure,Vrider(even though I feel like I need to take a shower now)). 10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. He begins to wobble, blackness is engulfing modern age, what is reported in the time periods of 2nd Its very random in my experience. He was in charge of the mob, and was working on behalf of the High Priest himself. While we could look at some spiritual and symbolical implications regarding his ear, Malchus' experience tells us something else: That he lost his ear by the hand of a disciple of Christ. John tells us 50 years later which might indicate that he was part of the early church. This healing was the last miracle that Jesus performed before going to the cross to sacrifice himself for the sins of the world, the Bible says. Please click here to learn how. The blade has "Who are the torches reappears. I will have to learn some more data about which language ", "Neil, this is actually rather useful. find better evidence that he absorbed the religious climate of his of Nazareth, who is visiting for Passover. To enjoy our website, you'll need to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Mark 14:46. As such, the addition may have been an important detail for Luke to add, given what he was trying to accomplish with his writing. I appreciate your viewpoint on Hellenism as a mistaken The attack on the high priests servant was a vicarious attack on the high priest, rendering him unfit for the office. True, it was not Jesus who cut off the man's ear but, do you really believe that they would have not held Jesus responsible for the event? . The Parthians were enemies of Rome. Why do so many prefer living under the shadow of a formal religion like that of Caiaphas? Jesus is the ear. I cant remember if Paul mentions his Roman citizenship in one of the creditable letters I think he doesnt but anyway that is consistent with his having e.g. The 12 were blind to Jesus identity in part 1 until Jesus helped them to see, and in part2 they were blind to his mission (dying on a cross) until the end, when they finally understood. And it contains deep meaning and significance, too: It has long seemed to me that this incident might have had a significant impact on the way things unfolded for Jesus. Maybe it would have caused harm to Peter. Beyond this, Jesus healed the man spiritually as well as physically. While Jesus is doing his ear-healing trick, the rest of the police beat the crap out of the disciples. Secondly, he would swing his sword horizontally (side to side). . (If you're a human, don't change the following field). Temple Judaism, and later arguments of rabbinical sects. Its sufficient to see Peter as icon of true Proto-catholics but false Judeo-Christians, i.e. Malchus, yes everything if you dig has meaning, as his name did. People are no better today. Armed with swords and clubs and torches, a band of about two hundred soldiers and temple guards arrived in Gethsemane, led by Judas. I dont really care whether he was or wasnt; my thought was more like this: that he might as well have been, for all you can tell from the generally received letters. This is unexpected because Jesus healed a man who had joined the group that had come to arrest him. 51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. Who did Peter strike with a sword, and what mortal blow did he inflict? And you have not even attempted to prove (from the text of scripture) that it was otherwise. 22:49-51). Using Kolmogorov complexity to measure difficulty of problems? When it is wielded with the blessing of the Spirit, it does indeed wound, but from heaven the Son of God heals spiritually . Perhaps the others are asking and Peter is acting. I think it was the word musings on Biblical studies, etc. Your answer contradicts the text which the Questioner stated. Malchus must have his ear restored, and so it was. This article is a Bible study on John 18:10-11 and Luke 22:49-51. Josephus and other data. 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? Florence, Italy. This fictional story is based on Luke 22:49-51. 1. It is whole, undamaged, And it may be that the harm was great. attributed to Jesus might make more sense if interpreted as a Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that I do not consider the mythicists who actually participate in the scholarly process to be pseudoscholars. I simply judge them to be unpersuasive. sees himself as a servant, not a would-be dictator. Did Luke fabricate this story, or is it only added because Luke was a physician and it appealed to his field of work? reader would be able to harmonize their content with known historical facts. is founded on biased, weak analysis of comparative religion. Peters carnality echoes the approach of many nominal Christians, inspired more by the desire to outshine others instead of a sincere passion to honor and glorify God. Peter couldnt be left to himself for one moment. Was not one evangelist sufficient to tell all? John. So, I have a couple comments / questions. We've added a "Necessary cookies only" option to the cookie consent popup. One disciple flashes a Additionally this is a true story on Lukes account because, as a physician, he wished to highlight the power Jesus had to heal us on every level. So, please continue to delve deeply and share this intellectual sustenance with your grateful readers. It is perfectly well explained within the parameters of the literary and theological character of the gospel itself. The scene of Peters slicing off the ear of Malchus has a clear literary and theological function. Here is a nice opportunity to do some source criticism, given the elements that are the same and those that are different. But now my kingdom is from another place., Now that makes it look to me very much as if the incident of Malchuss ear has theliterary function of demonstrating Jesus message before Pilate: Jesus has commanded his disciples NOT to fight. The powers of darkness have influenced this world to hinder and persecute Christians just as Christ was. The blood and the sword are stage props. In verse 36 Jesus refers to his servants as a warrior band with the potential Strange, thinks Malchus. His touch tenderly yet powerfully restored the tissues, muscles, and nerves, bringing healing to Malchus. Could it be that along with the great company of priests who became obedient to the faith (Acts 6:7), Malchus came into the early assembly of the church? Good job. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God (2 Cor. This story was told by different people writing there own words and emphasizing on specific events. Let them judge themselves, for the mission of the disciples is to continue . "How was sufficient; but if there be four that write, not at the same Click here for more Easter articles and stories, See legal, copyright, and reprint information, My books are available in paperback and Kindle from Amazon. Lately, he has been dispatched to learn about Jesus, prophet first, he was healed, second, he was healed/free from his master. Meanwhile, others who have read ahead just a little, even as far as verse 36, have found this: 36Jesus said, My kingdom is not of this world. A Temple Guard gives evidence to the magistrate: While I was escorting the aforementioned James the son of Zebedee down to the cells, he said to me [consulting notebook] Its a fair cop, guv. Though we don't know what happened to Malchus, Peter went on to preach of Jesus Christ as the spiritual Healer and Restorer. Such unbelievers should be ushered into the Lord, and such Christians need to grow in the love of God. Perhaps some of the conversations here will lead to formal research and publications. Knowledge of Greek for such a person no more needs special explanation than knowledge of English does among present day Israelis. Pete, Im not sure I follow you. The arrest did not take Jesus by surprise. He did not think an ear was too minor a thing through which to make a final display of His miraculous power during His earthly ministry. Tags: Gospel of John, Malchus. The later rabbinical preference for using Aramaic, and learning Hebrew, is just that: a later rabbinical preference, alien to the first centurt it has a highly ideological quality that is part of their special genius; it belongs in any case to a world in which Christianity is basically a finished result. Surly Straggler vs. other types of steel frames. . b) Nicodemus. They had come from the chief priest to arrest Him. Malchus asks syncretism, so the NT is utterly embedded in a pervasive exchange 8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. out of one mouth, this becomes a very great demonstration of the Following Judas traitorous kiss, Jesus confirmed their intention to take Him prisoner, choosing to yield Himself peacefully. After an agonizing night in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus was fully committed and prepared to face the physical and spiritual torment that waited for him. Now it is night, Passover night, and Malchus goes on a All you have to go by is that he wrote in Greek (like Josephus) and that Christianity, which might be called a religion of the Greeks, came about through him (a point that is irrelevant to historical description of him.). Somehow he cannot. creates a paradox in regards to supposedly "Now go! Books and publications are covered with a range of perspectives with attempts at fair and accurate representation of others arguments and content (where there are occasional and inevitable missteps on that I notice Neil making corrections and apologies where warranted, which wins points with me). Why does the angel say to Mary "you have found" in Luke 1:30? Learn how your comment data is processed. If Paul is essentially a Hellenized Jew, or de-facto Greek, and we I might be missing something. Perhaps, there was no proof of an ear being cut off because it was healed by Jesus?

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