53 Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve [a](A)legions of (B)angels? 54 How then will (C)the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?”

55 At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? (D)Every day I used to sit in the temple teaching and you did not seize Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:53 A legion equaled 6,000 troops

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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