October 05, 2007
Restoration
During his discipleship years Peter often missed the mark. Who knows what he was aiming for when he cut off the right ear of Malchus, the servant of the high priest. Because we’re told Jesus healed the ear, rather than restoring it, I picture Malchus going through life with his wound healed, but earless and highly recognizable. I can only imagine the stigma, accompanied by the preverbal grapevine, which forever identified him as one who took part in the arrest of Jesus.
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Gail;
-----Interesting insight. I never paid attention to the difference between healed and restored in this incident. I suppose a study into the Greek terms and how much they do or do not convey would turn up more thought for the matter, but I like it laying right where you left it. I have carelessly lost an ear or two, and now I can more appreciate the mere healing by knowing some political chump of the past incurred the same exposure.
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