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saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?”

But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?”

Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.