^18:10Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest’s slave,²⁵ cutting off his right ear.²⁶ (Now the slave’s name was Malchus.)²⁷

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Footnotes

25 See the note on the word “slaves” in .
26 The account of the attack on the high priest’s slave contains details which suggest eyewitness testimony. It is also mentioned in all three synoptic gospels, but only John records that the disciple involved was Peter, whose impulsive behavior has already been alluded to (John 13:37). Likewise only John gives the name of the victim, Malchus, who is described as the high priest’s slave. John and Mark (14:47) both use the word ὠτάριον (ōtarion, a double diminutive) to describe what was cut off, and this may indicate only part of the right ear (for example, the earlobe).
27 This is a parenthetical note by the author.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest’s slave.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. (Now the name of the slave was Malchus.)

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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