New Living Translation
Mark 14:49
49Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there among you teaching every day. But these things are happening to fulfill what the Scriptures say about me.”
Mark 14:49 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.
- New International Version (NIV)Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled."
- New King James Version (NKJV)I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”
Context of Mark 14:49
47But one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, slashing off his ear. 48Jesus asked them, “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 among you teaching every day. But these things are happening to fulfill what the Scriptures say about me.” 50Then all his disciples deserted him and ran away. 51One young man following behind was clothed only in a long linen shirt. When the mob tried to grab him,
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καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἤμην πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ διδάσκων, καὶ οὐκ ἐκρατήσατέ με· ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα πληρωθῶσιν αἱ γραφαί.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- ·κατάkata · according toG2596
- dailyἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- youσύsu · youG4771
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the templeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411
- teachingδιδάσκωdidaskō · to teachG1321
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- ye tookκρατέωkrateō · to grasp/seizeG2902
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- notοὐou · noG3756
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- ·ἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- the scripturesγραφήgraphē · a writingG1124
- must be fulfilledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
Cross-references for Mark 14:49
- Mark 11:15When they arrived back in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people buying and selling animals for sacrifices. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,
- Mark 12:35Later, as Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple, he asked, “Why do the teachers of religious law claim that the Messiah is the son of David?
- Matthew 21:23When Jesus returned to the Temple and began teaching, the leading priests and elders came up to him. They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”
- Luke 19:47After that, he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him.
- Luke 20:1One day as Jesus was teaching the people and preaching the Good News in the Temple, the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders came up to him.
- Luke 21:37Every day Jesus went to the Temple to teach, and each evening he returned to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
- John 7:28While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he called out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I come from. But I’m not here on my own. The one who sent me is true, and you don’t know him.
- John 8:2but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them.
- John 10:23He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.
- John 18:20Jesus replied, “Everyone knows what I teach. I have preached regularly in the synagogues and the Temple, where the people gather. I have not spoken in secret.
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help?
- Psalms 69:1Save me, O God, for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
- Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm?
- Daniel 9:24“A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
- Matthew 26:54But if I did, how would the Scriptures be fulfilled that describe what must happen now?”
- Luke 22:37For the time has come for this prophecy about me to be fulfilled: ‘He was counted among the rebels.’ Yes, everything written about me by the prophets will come true.”
Commentaries on Mark 14:49
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 43-52Verses 43-52 See the notes at Matthew 26:47-57. Mark 14:45 Master, Master - As if expressing great joy that he had found him again. Mark 14:51 A certain young man - Who this was we have no means of determining, but it seems not improbable that he may have been the owner of the garden, and that he may have had an understanding with Jesus that he should visit it for retirement when he withdrew from the city. That he was not one of the apostles is clear. It…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 43-52Verses 43-52 Because Christ appeared not as a temporal prince, but preached repentance, reformation, and a holy life, and directed men's thoughts, and affections, and aims to another world, therefore the Jewish rulers sought to destroy him. Peter wounded one of the band. It is easier to fight for Christ than to die for him. But there is a great difference between faulty disciples and hypocrites. The latter rashly and without thought call Christ Master…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49But everything happening was to fulfill what the Scriptures say about Jesus. Mark reassured his audience that these events were part of God's plan. See Isaiah 53:7–9.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 14
- 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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