Question: What was the name of the man whose ear was cut off in Gethsemane?
Answer: Malchus. (John 18:10)
Comments: At Jesus' arrest, one of his disciples dismembered one of the arresting servant's ears. Though the story is recounted in all four canonical gospels (Matthew 26:51; Mark 14:47; Luke 22:49-51; John 18:10-11), the servant and the disciple (Peter) are named only in John. Luke is the only gospel that adds that Jesus restored the ear. (Luke 22:51)
Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave's name was Malchus. (John 18:10, NASB)
Malchus is one of only two people healed by Jesus named in Scripture. The other is Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46).
Note: This depiction of the Capture of Christ was created by Veit Stoss (1445-1533). It presently resides in St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków, Poland.
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