God’s Word Translation
Matthew 26:55
55At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a criminal? I used to sit teaching in the temple courtyard every day. But you didn’t arrest me then.
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
53Don’t you think that I could call on my Father to send more than twelve legions of angels to help me now? 54How, then, are the Scriptures to be fulfilled that say this must happen?” At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a criminal? I used to sit teaching in the temple courtyard every day. But you didn’t arrest me then. 56All of this has happened so that what the prophets have written would come true.” Then all the disciples abandoned him and ran away. 57Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the chief priest, where the experts in Moses’ Teachings and the leaders had gathered 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 asked them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a criminal?
- Luke 22:52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple guards, and leaders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?
- Mark 12:35While Jesus was teaching in the temple courtyard, he asked, “How can the experts in Moses’ Teachings say that the Messiah is David’s son?
- Luke 21:37During the day Jesus would teach in the temple courtyard. But at night he would go to the Mount of Olives (as it was called) and spend the night there.
- John 8:2Early the next morning he returned to the temple courtyard. All the people went to him, so he sat down and began to teach them.
- John 18:20Jesus answered him, “I have spoken publicly for everyone to hear. I have always taught in synagogues or in the temple courtyard, where all the Jews gather. I haven’t said anything 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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