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53 Or do you think[a] that I am not able to appeal-to My Father, and He will provide[b] Me right-now more than twelve legions[c] of angels? 54 How then would the Scriptures saying that it must take place in this manner be fulfilled?” 55 At that hour, Jesus said to the crowds, “Did you come out to arrest Me with swords and clubs as-if against a robber? Daily I was sitting in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:53 Or, suppose, imagine, presume.
  2. Matthew 26:53 Or, put at My disposal, place beside Me.
  3. Matthew 26:53 A Roman legion had about 6000 soldiers, plus horsemen and auxiliaries. Rather than a literal number of angels, Jesus may simply mean ‘a huge, overwhelming force’.

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