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Matthew 26:53-55
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Matthew 26:53-55
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
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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- Matthew 26:53 Or, suppose, imagine, presume.
- Matthew 26:53 Or, put at My disposal, place beside Me.
- 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’.
Matthew 26:53-55
New International Version
Matthew 26:53-55
New International Version
53 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?(A) 54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled(B) that say it must happen in this way?”
55 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,(C) and you did not arrest me.
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