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Mark 14:47

And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

KJV

εἷς δέ τις τῶν παρεστηκότων σπασάμενος τὴν μάχαιραν ἔπαισεν τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ ἀρχιερέως καὶ ἀφεῖλεν αὐτοῦ τὸ ὠτάριον.

Greek NT

Unus autem quidam de circumstantibus educens gladium, percussit servum summi sacerdotis, et amputavit illi auriculam.

Vulgate

But a certain one of them that stood by drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.

ASV

And one of them that stood by, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the chief priest and cut off his ear.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μάχαιρα
machaira
noun · 29×
παίω
paio
verb · 5×
παρίστημι
paristemi
verb · 41×
σπάω
spao
verb · 2×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
ἀφαιρέω
aphaireo
verb · 10×
o
article · 19778×
ὠτίον
otion
noun · 5×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: τις | WH/NIV/RP: τις
  • τιςSBLGNT
  • τιςWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὠτάριον | WH/Treg/NIV: ὠτάριον | RP: ὠτίον
  • ὠτάριονSBLGNT
  • ὠτάριονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὠτίονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • John 18:10 — Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
  • John 18:10 — Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
  • Luke 22:49 — When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
  • Luke 22:50 — And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
  • Matt 26:51 — And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.
  • Matt 26:51 — And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.