On March 31, Pastor Katy preaches on John 18:1-11.

The story of Malchus and his ear is present in all four Gospels, but the details vary. The Gospel of John is the only version in which this man, the high priest’s slave and enemy of Jesus, is named. John also fails to mention that with a single action, Jesus heals the ear that Peter cuts off in his defense of Jesus. Maybe the healing itself is not important to John, not the point of this story about a man named Malchus. There’s something powerful and disarming about looking our enemies in the eye and calling them by name. It could be that the mere act of humanizing our enemies is far more miraculous to John than any miracle of healing.