Application

1. Jesus loves you no matter how sinful you are just as how He healed the right ear of one of the high priest


2. Jesus is a very merciful and caring God since He gave up his life for our sins


3. No matter what situation Jesus is in, He is never afraid of what is going to happen so we should not be afraid since God is always with us


4. Jesus likes peace more than violence, it was showed when He told the disciples to stop the argument that is why Jesus tells us that violence does not solve the problem

What I Think about the passage

I think this passage is very important because it is the first part of Jesus being crucified on the cross. This is a very powerful passage because it shows how Jesus shows His love toward His own enemies and to those who betrayed Him. This passage also says how Jesus is surrendering to them. He said that this was their hour where darkness which means sin would reign. Jesus knew that this day would come so He was not afraid to surrender Himself to His enemies.

Bible Gateway Commentary

• Divided into three quick movements


• Judas provides his note of betrayal and hypocrisy, the arrest occurs when Judas greets Jesus with a kiss


• Disciples attempt to defend Jesus with a sword but he refuses


• Last, Jesus rebukes his disciples and healed the ear of one of the arresters which showed His love towards his enemies


• Sometimes traitors like Judas grow up in Jesus' shadows


• When the disciples went to defend Jesus, Jesus stops the attempt to defend Him from violence because Jesus sets off to a different path


• The healed servant represents severed ear could also be restored when he listens to Jesus


• Also, the arresters did not arrest Jesus in the public but in a private setting because they feared the people. Sin likes to work in secret

Jesus Arrested Verse: Luke 22:47-53

47While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, 48but Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"
49When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with our swords?" 50And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
51But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.
52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 53Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns."