Matthew 26:50-56

50 Jesus said to him, ¹“Friend, ²do what you came to do. ” ^[a] Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.

51 And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his ³sword and struck the servant^[b] of the high priest and cut off his ear.

52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For ⁴all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

53 ⁵Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me ⁶more than twelve ⁷legions of angels?

54 ⁸But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so? ”

55 At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day ⁹I sat in the temple ¹⁰teaching, and you did not seize me.

56 But ¹¹all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. ” ¹²Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Cross References

• 1. 26:50 ch. 20:13; 22:12
• 2. 26:50 [John 13:27]
• 3. 26:51 [Luke 22:38]
• 4. 26:52 Rev. 13:10; [Gen. 9:6; Ezek. 35:6]
• 5. 26:53 [John 10:18]
• 6. 26:53 [ch. 4:11; 2 Kgs. 6:17; Dan. 7:10; Luke 22:43; John 18:36]
• 7. 26:53 Luke 8:30
• 8. 26:54 See ver. 24; ch. 1:22
• 9. 26:55 [John 8:2]; [Luke 2:46; John 18:20]
• 10. 26:55 ch. 21:23; [ch. 4:23]
• 11. 26:56 [See ver. 54]
• 12. 26:56 ver. 31; [Ps. 88:8, 18; John 16:32]

Footnotes

• [a] 26:50 Or 'Friend, why are you here?'
• [b] 26:51 Greek 'bondservant'