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“Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He shall presently give Me more than twelve legions of angels?” (Matthew 26:53).
“And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And He touched his ear, and healed him” (Luke 22:50-51).
When Judas and the servants of the high priest came to arrest the Lord Jesus, Peter took a sword and tried to defend Him. But the Lord Jesus reminded Peter that He could ask the Father for twelve legions (many thousands) of angels to defend Him, if necessary. But the Lord Jesus did not do this, for He willingly submitted to the Father’s will, and that will was that He should go to the cross.
However, the Lord Jesus used His power in a different way. Rather than defend Himself, He chose to heal the ear of the high priest’s servant. Peter had used his sword to cut off the ear of the servant, and the Lord healed him. What a wonderful way to use His divine power under such circumstances! We do not hear about this servant anymore, although we are told in John’s gospel that his name was Malchus. But Malchus must have remembered this all his life. The One whom they had come to arrest had actually healed him! It was a powerful testimony as to who the Lord Jesus was.
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