When Peter struck Malchus, Jesus said to him, ’Put up again thy sword into its place; for all that take the sword shall perish with the sword.  Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me presently more than twelve legions of angels?  How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?’ Then he said, ’Let me cure this man;’ and approaching Malchus, he touched his ear, prayed, and it wad healed.  The soldiers who were standing near, as well as the archers and the six Pharisees, far from being moved by this miracle, continued to insult our Lord, and said to the bystanders, ’It is a trick of the devil, the powers of witchcraft made the ear appear to be cut off, and now the same power gives it the appearance of being healed.’

Then Jesus again addressed them, ’You are come out as it were to a robber, with swords and clubs, to apprehend me.  I sat daily with you teaching in the Temple, and you laid not hands upon me, but this is your hour and the power of darkness.’  The Pharisees ordered him to be bound still more strongly, and made answer in a contemptuous tone, ’Ah!  Thou couldst not overthrow us by thy witchcraft.’  Jesus replied, but I do not remember his words, and all the disciples fled.  The four archers and the six Pharisees did not fall to the ground at the words of Jesus, because, as was afterwards revealed to me, they as well as Judas, who likewise did not fall, were entirely in the power of Satan, whereas all those who fell and rose again were afterwards converted, and became Christians; they had only surrounded Jesus, and not laid hands upon him.  Malchus was instantly converted by the cure wrought upon him, and during the time of the Passion his employment was to carry messages backwards and forwards to Mary and the other friends of our Lord.

The archers, who now proceeded to pinion Jesus with the greatest brutality, were pagans of the lowest extraction, short, stout, and active, with sandy complexions, resembling those of Egyptian slaves, and bare legs, arms, and neck.

They tied his hands as tightly as possible with hard new cords, fastening the right-hand wrist under the left elbow, and the left-hand wrist under the right elbow.  They encircled his waist with a species of belt studded with iron points, and to this collar were appended two leathern straps, which were crossed over his chest like a stole and fastened to the belt.  They then fastened four ropes to different parts of the belt, and by means of these ropes dragged our Blessed Lord from side to side in the most cruel manner.  The ropes were new; I think they were purchased when the Pharisees first determined to arrest Jesus.  The Pharisees lighted fresh torches, and the procession started.  Ten soldiers walked in front, the archers who held the ropes and dragged Jesus along, followed, and the Pharisees and ten other soldiers brought up the rear.  The disciples wandered about at a distance, and wept and moaned as if beside themselves from grief.