the servant of the high priest Malchus.

right ear A specific touch not found in the other Evangelists. All three use the diminutive if the readings can be relied on. (ὠτίον , Matthew 26:51; ὠτάριον , Mark 14:47; ὠτίον , John 18:10. In this passage we have both οὖς and ὠτίον .)No stress can be laid on this. Languages in their later stage often adopt diminutives to avoid the trouble of genders.

See my Language and Languages, p. 319.

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