Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
- NKJV 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.
- NASB And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.
- NLT But one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, slashing off his ear.
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- John 18:36Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”
- 2 Cor 10:4for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
- Mark 14:47But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
- Luke 22:49–51When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said to him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”
- Luke 22:36–38Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.
- John 18:10–11Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
- Matt 26:35Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you.” All of the disciples also said likewise.
- Luke 9:55But he turned and rebuked them, “You don’t know of what kind of spirit you are.
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