Matthew 26:54

How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

In Context

53Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? To whom has the LORD’s arm been revealed?

Zechariah 13:7“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says the LORD of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Luke 24:25He said to them, “Foolish people, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

John 10:35If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:48-57

Christ Betrayed by Judas; The Priest's Servant Smitten by Peter; Christ Deserted by His Disciples. 47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. 49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. 50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then… Read the whole commentary →

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