Luke 22:51

Suffer ye thus far. It is not clear from Luke whether Jesus addresses these words to the disciples, instructing them to let events take their course, or commanding them to cease acting with force and violence (see v. 50), or whether He calls upon those who have come to arrest Him to permit the healing of Malchus’ ear. According to DA 696, He spoke to the Roman soldiers, who were holding Him securely.

Touched his ear. This was the second evidence of divinity provided those who had come to arrest Jesus, the first being the appearance of angelic glory (see on John 18:6). Had Peter’s rash act not been promptly remedied, it might have been presented before the Sanhedrin and before Pilate as evidence that Jesus and His disciples were dangerous men and a threat to the nation. As it was, the authorities made no mention of the incident at the trial because they would have had to admit that a miracle of healing had been performed.