Lukas 22:51

51 En Jezus, antwoordende, zeide: Laat hen tot hiertoe geworden; en raakte zijn oor aan, en heelde hem.

Lukas 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.

Lukas 22:51 In-Context

49 En die bij Hem waren, ziende, wat er geschieden zou, zeiden tot Hem: Heere, zullen wij met het zwaard slaan?

50 En een uit hen sloeg den dienstknecht des hogepriesters, en hieuw hem zijn rechteroor af.

51 En Jezus, antwoordende, zeide: Laat hen tot hiertoe geworden; en raakte zijn oor aan, en heelde hem.

52 En Jezus zeide tot de overpriesters, en de hoofdmannen des tempels, en ouderlingen, die tegen Hem gekomen waren: Zijt gij uitgegaan met zwaarden en stokken als tegen een moordenaar?

53 Als Ik dagelijks met u was in den tempel, zo hebt gij de handen tegen Mij niet uitgestoken; maar dit is uw ure, en de macht der duisternis.