Matthew 26:55
Then Jesus said to the crowds. "Are you come out as against a robber, with swords and staves to arrest me? Day after day, I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not apprehend me.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
54"But if I did, how could the Scriptures be fulfilled that say that thus it must happen?"
56"But all this has happened in order that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
Cross References
Mark 12:35While he was teaching in the Temple courts, Jesus in his turn asked. "How is it that the Scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Luke 21:37And each day he was habitually in the Temple teaching, and at night he used to go out and lodge on the mount called the Olives Orchards.
John 7:14But when it was already the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. "I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John 8:2At dawn, however, he came back to the Temple, where the people came to him in crowds. He had taken his seat and was teaching them,
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 →