Malchus

This article is about Malchus. For other uses, see Malchus (disambiguation).
Brooklyn Museum – The Ear of Malchus (L'oreille de Malchus) – James Tissot
A depiction of Peter striking Malchus (c. 1520, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon)

Malchus (/ˈmælkəs/; Koinē Greek: Μάλχος, romanized: Málkhos, pronounced [ˈmal.kʰos]) was the servant of the Jewish High Priest Caiaphas who participated in the arrest of Jesus as written in the four gospels. According to the Bible, one of the disciples, Simon Peter, being armed with a sword, cut off the servant's ear in an attempt to prevent the arrest of Jesus.