New International Version
Luke 22:53
53Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.”
Luke 22:53 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
- New King James Version (NKJV)When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there every day. But this is your moment, the time when the power of darkness reigns.”
Context of Luke 22:53
51But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him. 52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.” 54Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. 55And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.
Read all of Luke 22Luke 22:53 word by word
καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ὄντος μου μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ οὐκ ἐξετείνατε τὰς χεῖρας ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ. ἀλλ᾽ αὕτη ἐστὶν ὑμῶν ἡ ὥρα καὶ ἡ ἐξουσία τοῦ σκότους.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- When Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- ·κατάkata · according toG2596
- dailyἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- youσύsu · youG4771
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the templeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
- ye stretched forthἐκτείνωekteinō · to stretch outG1614
- noοὐou · noG3756
- handsχείρcheir · handG5495
- againstἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- the powerἐξουσίαexousia · authorityG1849
- of darknessσκότοςskotos · darknessG4655
Cross-references for Luke 22:53
- Luke 21:37Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives,
- Matthew 21:12Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
- John 7:25At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
- Judges 16:21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza. Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain in the prison.
- Job 20:5that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
- John 12:27“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
- John 16:20Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- John 14:30I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me,
- Acts 26:18to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
- 2 Corinthians 4:3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
- Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
- Colossians 1:13For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
- Revelation 12:9The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Commentaries on Luke 22:53
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 53I was daily with you in the temple - Alluding to the four preceding days, during the whole of which he taught in the temple, see Luke 21:37, and Matthew 21:17. This is your hour, and the power of darkness - That is, the time in which you are permitted to unrein your malice; which ye could not do before, because God did not permit you; and so perfectly are ye under his control that neither you nor the prince of darkness can proceed a hair's breadth against…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47-53Verses 47-53 See this explained in Matthew 26:48-56. Luke 22:48 Betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? - By the “Son of man” was evidently meant “the Messiah.” Judas had had the most satisfactory evidence of that, and did not doubt it. A kiss was the sign of affection. By that slight artifice Judas thought to conceal his base purpose. Jesus with severity reproaches him for it. Every word is emphatic. “Betrayest” thou - dost thou violate all thy…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 47-53Verses 47-53 Nothing can be a greater affront or grief to the Lord Jesus, than to be betrayed by those who profess to be his followers, and say that they love him. Many instances there are, of Christ's being betrayed by those who, under the form of godliness, fight against the power of it. Jesus here gave an illustrious example of his own rule of doing good to those that hate us, as afterwards he did of praying for those that despitefully use us. Corrupt…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 22
- 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
- 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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