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Matthew 26:55
55At that moment Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Day after day I used to sit in the porches and courts of the temple teaching, and you did not arrest Me.
Matthew 26:55 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
- New International Version (NIV)In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not seize Me.
Context of Matthew 26:55
53Do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will immediately provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? 54How then will the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen this way?” At that moment Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Day after day I used to sit in the porches and courts of the temple teaching, and you did not arrest Me. 56But all this has taken place so that the Scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled. 57Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) had gathered [illegally] together.
Read all of Matthew 26Matthew 26:55 word by word
Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς ὄχλοις· ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξήλθατε μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων συλλαβεῖν με; καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων, καὶ οὐκ ἐκρατήσατέ με.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- that sameἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
- hourὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- to the multitudesὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
- Are ye come outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
- asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- againstἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- a thiefλῃστήςlēstēs · robber/rebelG3027
- withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- swordsμάχαιραmachaira · swordG3162
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- stavesξύλονxulon · woodG3586
- for to takeσυλλαμβάνωsullambanō · to seize/conceive/helpG4815
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- I satκαθέζομαιkathezomai · to sit downG2516
- ·κατάkata · according toG2596
- dailyἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- youσύsu · youG4771
- teachingδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321
- the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
- ye laidκρατέωkrateō · to grasp/seizeG2902
- noοὐou · noG3756
Cross-references for Matthew 26:55
- Mark 14:48Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?
- Luke 22:52Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders [of the Sanhedrin] who had come out against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber?
- Mark 12:35Jesus began to say, as He taught in [a portico or court of] the temple, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
- Luke 21:37Now in the daytime Jesus was teaching in [the porches and courts of] the temple, but at night He would go out and spend the night on the mount that is called Olivet.
- John 8:2Early in the morning He came back into the temple [court], and all the people were coming to Him. He sat down and began teaching them.
- John 18:20Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple [area], where all the Jews habitually congregate; and I said nothing in secret.
Commentaries on Matthew 26:55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 55Are ye come out as against a thief - At this time Judea was much infested by robbers, so that armed men were obliged to be employed against them - to this our Lord seems to allude. See on Matthew 26:52; (note). I sat daily with you - Why come in this hostile manner? Every day, for four days past, ye might have met with me in the temple, whither I went to teach you the way of salvation. See on Matthew 21:17; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47-57Verses 47-57 The account of Jesus‘ being betrayed by Judas is recorded by all the evangelists. See Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12. Matthew 26:47 Judas, one of the twelve, came - This was done while Jesus was addressing his disciples. John informs us that Judas knew the place, because Jesus was in the habit of going there with his disciples. Judas had passed the time, after he left Jesus and the other disciples at the Passover, in arranging…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 47-56Verses 47-56 No enemies are so much to be abhorred as those professed disciples that betray Christ with a kiss. God has no need of our services, much less of our sins, to bring about his purposes. Though Christ was crucified through weakness, it was voluntary weakness; he submitted to death. If he had not been willing to suffer, they could not conquer him. It was a great sin for those who had left all to follow Jesus; now to leave him for they knew not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 55The leaders acted secretly because they feared the people who honored Jesus (see Matthew 21:26, 46; 26:3–5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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