John 18:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

John 18:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 26:51-52 . The servant’s name was Malchus - His name is mentioned by neither of the other evangelists, nor is it said by the other evangelists who was the disciple tha...
John 18:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) 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. (5) We ought to contain our zeal for God within the bound...
John 18:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 18 f. The Arrest, the Trial, and the Passion. John 18:1-11 . The Arrest. Jesus leaves the room, or the city, and crosses the Kedron ( cf. 2 Samuel 15:23 ) to a garden where He often went,...
John 18:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Then Simon , &c.. Simon Peter, therefore. Compare Luke 22:49 . sword . One of the two of Luke 22:38 . drew . Greek. helkuo. See John 12:32 . smote . Greek. paio. Only here, Matthew...
John 18:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it. The Evangelist now describes the foolish zeal of Peter, who attempted to defend his Master in an unlawful manner. Boldly and courageously, i...
John 18:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Having a sword - See the note on Luke 22:36 . Cut off his ri...
John 18:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then Simon Peter, &c.— See the introductory note to this gospel.
John 18:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the...
John 18:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Christ Before Annas, Caiaphas, and Pilate 1-14. Christ's arrest and trial before Annas (cp. Matthew 26:30 = Mark 14:26 = Luke 22:39 ). The narrative is now parallel with the synoptic account,...
John 18:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it.... — Comp. Note on Matthew 26:51 . The fact is recorded by all the Evangelists. St. John only tells us that it was done by Peter, and that the servant’s na...
John 18:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XVII. THE ARREST. "When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into the which He entered, Himself and His disciples. Now Judas...
John 18:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jesus Accepts His Suffering John 18:1-11 Our Lord went forth from the city and across the brook Cedron to Gethsemane, but not for the purpose of concealment, as John 18:2 clearly shows. How c...
John 18:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From the sacred hours of teaching and prayer our Lord passed to the final acts in His mighty work. This brought Him to Gethsemane, where we have a revelation of His majesty and His meekness. He suffe...
John 18:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? (5) They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also,...
John 18:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Simon Peter having a sword ,.... Girt about him, which he either wore in common, or particularly at the feast, as the Galilaeans are said to do, to preserve them from thieves and wild beasts by...
John 18:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 10. The servant's name was Malchus ] A busy fellow be...
John 18:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jesus, knowing all things that should come upon him That is, knowing, not only in general, that he must suffer a variety of insults, tortures, and even death itself, but also all the particular cir...
John 18:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

BETRAYED AND ARRESTED (vs.1-12) The Son of God goes calmly, steadily on to the great conquest of Calvary, each step of the way perfectly measured by divine wisdom. The fact of His going into the...
John 18:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ in the Garden; The Treachery of Judas; The Ear of Malachus Cut Off; Christ Yields Himself a Prisoner. 1 When Jesus had sp...
John 18:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is thought that this action of Peter's was before the apprehension of our Saviour, though after the discovery of it, as our evangelist reports it; because upon the apprehension of our Saviour, bot...
John 18:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Arrest ( John 18:1-12 ). Leaving the Upper Room Jesus led His disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives. The fact that Judas knew where to find Him suggests either that this...
John 18:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 18:1 . Went forth. —From the part of the suburbs where the discourse from John 14:31 had been spoken, and the intercessory prayer offered. The brook Cedron...
John 18:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 18:1 . When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, A dark, foul brook, through which flowed the blood and refuse from the temple. King David c...
John 18:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 18:1 . He went over the brook Cedron. Cedron, or Kidron, was the name of the deep valley, as well as of the brook which ran through it, on the east between Jerusalem and the mount of Olives....
John 18:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION B. THE HOUR HAS COME . John 18:1 John 19:42 .— 1. The outer glorification of Christ in his Passion . John 18:1-43 (1) The betrayal , the majesty of his be...
John 18:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
John 18:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 18:26 ; Luke 22:33 ; Luke 22:49-51 ; Mark 14:30 ; Mark 14:47 ; Matthew 26:51-54
John 18:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Then Simon Peter — No other evangelist names him. Nor could they safely. But St. John, writing after his death, might do it without any such inconvenience.

John 18:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 18:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

John 18:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 18:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 18:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 18:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 18:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 18:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 18:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 18:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 18:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 18:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 18:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 18:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 18:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 18:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 18:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 18:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 18:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 18:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 18:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 18:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 18:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 18:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes