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Matthew 26:53 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? "
Matthew 26:53
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And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
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Matthew 26:1
"And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,"
Matthew 26:2
"Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified."
Matthew 26:3
"Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,"
Matthew 26:4
"And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill"
Matthew 26:5
"But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people."
Matthew 26:6
"Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,"
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