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47旁边站着的人，有一个拔出刀来，将大祭司的仆人砍了一刀，削掉了他一个耳朵。48耶稣对他们说：“你们带着刀棒出来拿我，如同拿强盗吗？49我天天教训人，同你们在殿里，你们并没有拿我。但这事成就，为要应验经上的话。”50门徒都离开他逃走了。
51有一个少年人，赤身披着一块麻布，跟随耶稣，众人就捉拿他。52他却丢了麻布，赤身逃走了。
福音书是对耶稣的生命、死亡和复活的亲眼见证，还是仅仅只是某人写下来的故事，用使徒的名字来命名，证明他们所写内容是真实的?我们相信这些福音书是受圣灵启示，写下的亲眼的见证。有些人拒绝相信圣经是神启示的。这些人应该感到羞耻，他们怀疑上帝启示人类的作者为我们记录这些内容!
我相信圣经是亲眼的见证，一个原因是今天经文里记载的细节。谁能想到彼得拔出剑却砍歪了，只砍下了大祭司仆人的一只耳朵?还有另一个细节，一个少年人与他们在一起，他被士兵抓住了，但是他脱了衣服，赤身裸体的就逃走了。我们不确定这个少年人是谁，但许多评论家认为这是马克自己，这也是马可福音所独有的记载。门徒都逃走了，只留马可他一个人面对士兵。还有谁会看到发生了什么?
耶稣在这里指出重要的一点。“但经上的话必须应验。”客西马尼园里 的事情之所以会发生，是因为神命定要发生的。耶稣受难的许多细节都在旧约中都有预先的记载。这些事发生，是因为经上的话必须应验。我们看这些内容，不只是在看故事，而是我们从罪中获得救赎的事实。
祷告:主耶稣，你不但为我们的罪死了，又从死里复活了，并且你确保将这些话写下来给我们，叫我们听见，相信，得救。愿我常常学习你的话语，深信你是借着这些话语对我说话。阿们。
Mark 14:47-52: Then one of those standing near drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. 48 “Am I leading a rebellion,” said Jesus, “that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? 49 Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.” 50 Then everyone deserted him and fled. 51 A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him, 52 he fled naked, leaving his garment behind. (NIV)
Are the gospels eye-witness accounts of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, or are they just stories that someone wrote down, using the names of the apostles and evangelists to give credence to what they wrote? We believe that these gospels are inspired eye-witness accounts. There are others who deny the inspiration of Scripture and claim that they are not. Shame on such people who cast doubts on how God inspired the holy writers to record for us!
One of the things that convinces me that these are eye-witness accounts are the details like the ones we have in our text. Who would have imagined including the story of Peter drawing his sword and missing, only cutting off the ear of the high priest’s servant? Or who would have included the detail that there was a young man with them, who was seized by the soldiers, and who fled out of his garment and escaped without his clothes? We’re not sure who that was, but many commentators believe it was Mark himself, leaving this signature detail to the story. After all, the disciples had fled, and he was left alone facing the soldiers. Who else would have seen what happened?
The point that Jesus made is important. “But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.” What happened in the garden happened because God himself ordained it to happen. So many details of Jesus’ passion are prerecorded in the Old Testament. These things happened because the Scriptures had to be fulfilled. We read them, not just as stories, but as the facts that happened regarding our redemption from sin.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, you not only died for our sins and rose again, but you made sure that these things were written down for us, so that we might hear them, believe them and be saved. My prayer is that I would always study your Word with the conviction that you speak to me through them. Amen.