I was reading in the Code of Hammurabi just a minute ago and one of the rules is this:
"If a slave has said to his master, "You are not my master," he shall be brought to account as his slave, and his master shall cut off his ear. "
Just found that interesting. Wasn't Malchus the servant of the high priest?
So for him to stand in front of Christ and deny that he was a servant of Christ, and get his ear cut off...
I've always thought it was just a quick, rash act on the part of Peter. Was there more meaning behind it than just a quick act of anger that just happened to land on the dude's ear?
Peter and Malchus
Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by Gina B, Oct 10, 2006.
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Gina
Those laws might not have applied to a Jew. Jesus told Peter that his act was not needed.
So . . . there are implications, but I do not know that I would build theology upon those implications.
I might illuminate the conversation with, "in a day and time when a slave lost his ear for denying his master, this servant lost his ear while denying the Christ."
Wayne
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They had been sent to arrest Jesus for heresy . . . because He claimed to be who He is (was). The implication was that this was denying one's True Master - the Creator of the Universe.
IMHO.
However, I would not build theology upon those implications.
I would build theology on the fact that Jesus is the True Master - the Creator of the Universe.
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