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“And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And He touched his ear, and healed him” (Luke 22:51).
When the soldiers of the chief priests came to arrest the Lord Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, Peter drew his sword to defend Him. He ended up cutting off the ear of the servant of the high priest. But the Lord Jesus was so gracious. He not only told Peter to stop, but He reached out and healed the man’s ear. The Lord Jesus knew He was going to the cross; it was His Father’s will. He wanted to show love and grace, even to one of the men who had come to arrest Him.
We do not hear anything more of this servant, but I am sure that he never forgot how the Lord healed his ear. There is a good lesson for all of us here. Let us seek to show kindness and love to others, even to those who may have wronged us. They need to experience the love and grace of God.
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