John 18:26

²⁶Dicit unus ex servis pontificis, cognatus eius, cuius abscidit Petrus auriculam: " Nonne ego te vidi in horto cum illo? ".

John 18 marks the pivot from Jesus’ public ministry to his passion. The chapter opens with his arrest in the garden of Gethsemane, where he identifies himself with the divine name “I am he,” causing his captors to fall backward. Peter’s impulsive sword-stroke and subsequent denial f