New International Version
Matthew 26:55
55In 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.
Context of Matthew 26:55
53Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? 54But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?” 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. 56But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled. 57Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled.
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 14:48“Am I leading a rebellion,” said Jesus, “that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me?
- Luke 22:52Then 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?
- Mark 12:35While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David?
- 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,
- John 8:2At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.
- John 18:20“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. 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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- 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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