Lucas 22:51

51 Respondiendo Jesús, dijo: ¡Deteneos! Basta de esto. Y tocando la oreja al siervo, lo sanó.

Lucas 22:51 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:51

And Jesus answered and said
Not to the question of the disciples, but either to Peter, who had done this rash action; and so the Persic and Ethiopic versions add, "to him"; or else to the multitude, suffer ye thus far;
or to them both, to Peter to stop his hand, to proceed no further, but put up his sword; and so the Arabic version reads, "refrain thyself"; and to the multitude to be easy, and not revenge the affront that was given them: and in order to pacify them, "he went to the wounded man", as the Persic version inserts, and he touched his ear and healed him;
which shows, that though the human nature of Christ was in a very low condition, yet he still retained the power of doing miracles; and also his great humanity, by which example be confirmed his precept of doing good to enemies; and likewise hereby gave full proof of his willingness to be apprehended by them; for otherwise, he that wrought such a miracle as this, could easily have delivered himself out of their hands; and one would have thought this would have put a stop to them, and have convinced them of the truth of his being a divine person, and the Messiah.

Lucas 22:51 In-Context

49 Y cuando los que rodeaban a Jesús vieron lo que iba a suceder, dijeron: Señor, ¿heriremos a espada?

50 Y uno de ellos hirió al siervo del sumo sacerdote y le cortó la oreja derecha.

51 Respondiendo Jesús, dijo: ¡Deteneos! Basta de esto. Y tocando la oreja al siervo, lo sanó.

52 Entonces Jesús dijo a los principales sacerdotes, a los oficiales del templo y a los ancianos que habían venido contra El: ¿Habéis salido con espadas y garrotes como contra un ladrón?

53 Cuando estaba con vosotros cada día en el templo, no me echasteis mano; pero esta hora y el poder de las tinieblas son vuestros.