Matthew 26:54

Matthew 26:54 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
• New International Version (NIV)But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?”

Context of Matthew 26:54

52Then Yeshua said to him, “Put your sword back in its place! For all who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. 53Or do you suppose that I cannot call on My Father, and at once He will place at My side twelve legions of angels? How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?” 55At that hour Yeshua said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, to capture Me as you would a revolutionary? Every day I sat teaching in the Temple, and you didn’t seize Me. 56But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples fled, abandoning Him.

Matthew 26:54 word by word

πῶς οὖν πληρωθῶσιν αἱ γραφαὶ ὅτι οὕτως δεῖ γενέσθαι;¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• shallπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• the scripturesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the scripturesγραφήgraphē · a writingG1124
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thusοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• it mustδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• beγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096

Cross-references for Matthew 26:54

• Matthew 26:24The Son of Man indeed goes, just as it is written about Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born!”
• Psalms 22:1For the music director, on “The Doe of the Dawn,” a psalm of David.
• Psalms 69:1For the music director, on “Lilies,” of David.
• Isaiah 53:1‘Who has believed our report? To whom is the arm of Adonai revealed?
• Daniel 9:24“Seventy weeks are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to put an end to transgression to bring sin to an end, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
• Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, against the man who is My companion! It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot. Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered! I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• Luke 24:25Yeshua said to them, “Oh foolish ones, so slow of heart to put your trust in all that the prophets spoke!
• John 10:35If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the Word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
• Acts 1:16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Ruach ha-Kodesh foretold by the mouth of David, concerning Judah—who became a guide to those who seized Yeshua.

Commentaries on Matthew 26:54

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 54But how then - Had I such a defense - shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say, that thus it must be? That is, that I am to suffer and die for the sin of the world. Probably the Scriptures to which our Lord principally refers are Psalm 22, 69, and especially Isaiah 53:1-12, and Daniel 9:24-27. Christ shows that they had no power against him but what he permitted; and that he willingly gave up himself into their hands.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. 54If Jesus had resisted, it would have blocked the fulfillment of God’s saving work (see Matthew 16:21–23).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 26:54

• Court
• Jesus, the Christ
• Meekness
• Prayer
• Prisoners
• Types

In the dictionaries

• Adjure
• Blood
• Covenant
• Cup
• Curse
• Friend
• Guilty
• Heavy
• Hymn
• Kingdom

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