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Joh_18:10-11. Comp. Mat_26:51 ff., and parall.
οὖν ] In consequence of this danger, which he now saw for Jesus. On its position between Σίμ . and Πέτρ ., comp. Joh_21:7.
Only John here names Peter, and also Malchus.[208] Personal considerations, which may have kept the names so far away from the earliest tradition, that they are not adduced even by Luke, could now no longer have influence.
δοῦλον ] slave, therefore none of the officials of the court of justice, Joh_18:3, but also not the guide of the temple-watch (Ewald). The slave had accompanied the rest, and had pressed forward.
τὸ ὠτάριον ] not purposely (Hengstenberg), but the blow which was aimed at the head missed.
Cast the sword into the sheath! certainly more original than the calmer and more circumstantial words in Matt. On θήκη , sheath, see Poll. x. 144. In the classics, κολεός . Comp. Hom. Od. x. 333: κολεῷ μὲν ἄορ θέο .
τὸ ποτήρ .] Comp. Mat_20:22; Mat_26:39. The suffering of death which He must now, after He has become clearly conscious of God’s will and object (Joh_3:14-15, Joh_6:51), approach, is the cup to be drunk, which the Father has already given to Him (into His hand), δέδωκε .
αὐτό , as in Joh_15:2.
[208] A name of frequent occurrence; see Wetstein. In Phot. Bibl. cod. 78, a Sophist is so called. Hengstenberg gives artificial interpretations.