And Jesus said unto him,
Friend, why are you come?
Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
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Hilary of Poitiers
AD 368
The apostle cuts off the ear of the slave of the high priest; that is, a disciple of Christ cuts off a disobedient ear from a man in the priesthood. What was once incapable of hearing the truth is now cut off.