kissed. Judas therefore approached
Jesus, and gave him a kiss, saying, 'Hail Rabbi.' Jesus replied, 'What,
Judas, dost thou betray the Son of Man with a kiss?' The soldiers
immediately surrounded Jesus, and the archers laid hands upon him.
Judas wished to fly, but the Apostles would not allow it, they rushed
at the soldiers and cried out, 'Master, shall we strike with the sword?'
Peter, who was more impetuous than the rest, seized the sword, and
struck Malchus, the servant of the high priest, who wished to drive
away the Apostles, and cut off his right ear; Malchus fell to the
ground, and a great tumult ensued.

The archers had seized upon Jesus, and wished to bind him; while
Malchus and the rest of the soldiers stood around. When Peter struck
the former, the rest were occupied in repulsing those among the
disciples who approached too near, and in pursuing those who ran away.
Four disciples made their appearance in the distance, and looked
fearfully at the scene before them; but the soldiers were still too
much alarmed at their late fall to trouble themselves much about them,
and besides they did not wish to leave our Saviour without a certain
number of men to guard him. Judas fled as soon as he had given the
traitorous kiss, but was met by some of the disciples, who overwhelmed
him with reproaches. Six Pharisees, however, came to his rescue, and he
escaped whilst the archers were busily occupied in pinioning Jesus.

When Peter struck Malchus, Jesus said to him, 'Put up again thy sword
into its place; for all that take the sword shall perish with the
sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me
presently more than twelve legions of angels? How then shall the
Scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?' Then he said, 'Let me
cure this man;' and approaching Malchus, he touched his ear, prayed, and
it wad healed. The soldiers who were standing near, as well as the
archers and the six Pharisees, far from being moved by this miracle,
continued to insult our Lord, and said to the bystanders, 'It is a trick
of the devil, the powers of witchcraft made the ear appear to be cut
off, and now the same power gives it the appearance of being healed.'

Then Jesus again addressed them, 'You are come out as it were to a
robber, with swords and clubs, to apprehend me. I sat daily with you
teaching in the Temple, and you laid not hands upon me, but this is
your hour and the power of darkness.' The Pharisee