Immediately, Jesus rebukes Peter’s action by telling Peter, “‘Put your sword back in its place” and “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword” ( Matthew 26:52). Some commentators believe Peter was actually aiming for Judas however, since Peter was not a trained swordsman, he hit the high priest’s ear. At the same time the soldiers were seizing and arresting Jesus, Peter drew out his sword and cut off the high priest’s ear ( Matthew 26:50-51 John 18:10). In Matthew 26, Jesus had just been betrayed by Judas Iscariot and the soldiers were coming to arrest the Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane. It is helpful to understand the broader context of this verse in order to ascertain the meaning of Jesus’ statement. In the Gospel of Matthew, Matthew records what happened the night Jesus was betrayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, “‘Put your sword back in its place,’ Jesus said to him, ‘for all who draw the sword will die by the sword’” ( Matthew 26:52).
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