The Pulpit Commentary on Luke 22:51

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Suffer ye thus far. The exact meaning of these words has been much debated. They probably were addressed to the company of armed men, and contained a plea for the mistaken zeal of his disciple Peter.

"Excuse this resistance." And he touched his ear, and healed him. This miraculous cure of the wound inflicted by the zealous disciple is related by the physician Luke.

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