JOHN 18:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?”
Jesus said to Peter, 'Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?' — Jesus rebukes Peter with a question that reveals his acceptance of the Father's will. The "cup" (potērion) echoes the Synoptic Gethsemane tradition but without anguish; for John, Jesus has already achieved submission in prayer (17:4). The appeal to the Father's gift frames Jesus' passion as obedient vocation rather than tragic circumstance.
Church Fathers on John 18:11
Peter trusting to these last words of our Lord’s, and to what He had just done, assaults those who came to take Him: Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant. But how, commanded as he had been to have neither scrip, nor two garments, had he a sword? Perhaps he had foreseen this occasion, and provided one.
Or, he had got one for sacrificing the lamb, and carried it away with him from the Supper.
The servant’s name was Malchus; John is the only Evangelist who mentions the servant’s name; as Luke is the only one who mentions that our Lord touched the ear and healed him.
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