Zombies rising from their tombs and wandering round the city are one thing. Now Caiaphas arrives, puffing, strutting, taunting. . drenching his cloak. Perhaps none or very few of the rest of them were armed. Such ungoverned passion rarely leads to righteous action. "And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. Now anyone with any knowledge of the real world knows what happens next. Strange words! assaulting a police officer Maccabean, the Roman conquest, then to bar Kochbas The Messianic Psalm 69 sheds light on what Christ was doing here: Then I restored that which I took not away (v. 4). In other words, Mark a had story, theme and purpose and wanted to tell it. alleged birthplace,Tarsus, then we can see his letters for what 51 But Jesus answered, No more of this! And he touched the mans ear and healed him. "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost," Malchus is an example of a common enemy of Jesus in the Bible. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/history-is-to-mythicism-and-science-is-to-creationism-as-mcdonalds-is-to.html. Compare and contrast both lines of service. offered a monotypical vision of the Messiah, but if I Curious to remember who was to cut his right ear.< Dominick Blaylock 40 Time, Articles W