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.

Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also {one} of his disciples? He denied {it}, and said, I am not.

And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that {there was} no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;