John 18:10

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

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Jerusalem in New Testament TimesA plan of ancient Jerusalem as it was in New Testament times, with its walls, temple and gates.

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Kidron was the valley east of Jerusalem that Jesus crossed to reach the garden where he was arrested; it frames the setting of Peter’s violent response in John 18:10. Nazareth, Jesus’ Galilean hometown,

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John 18:10 mentions Kidron and Nazareth.

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