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[a] 53 Or do you suppose that I cannot call on My Father, and at once He will place at My side twelve legions[b] of angels? 54 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”

55 At that hour Yeshua said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, to capture Me as you would a revolutionary?[c] Every day I sat teaching in the Temple, and you didn’t seize Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:53 cf. Gen. 9:6.
  2. Matthew 26:53 1 legion = 6000 soldiers.
  3. Matthew 26:55 Or robber.

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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