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. Matthew 20:13; Matthew 22:12
• 2. [John 13:27]
• 3. [Luke 22:38]
• 4. Revelation 13:10; [Genesis 9:6; Ezekiel 35:6]
• 5. [John 10:18]
• 6. [Matthew 4:11; 2 Kings 6:17; Daniel 7:10; Luke 22:43; John 18:36]
• 7. Luke 8:30
• 8. See ver. 24; Matthew 1:22
• 9. [John 8:2]; [Luke 2:46; John 18:20]
• 10. Matthew 21:23; [Matthew 4:23]
• 11. [See ver. 54]
• 12. ver. 31; [Psalms 88:8, 18; John 16:32]

Footnotes

• [a]. Or Friend, why are you here?
• [b]. Greek bondservant