Mark 14:48

48 And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

Mark 14:48 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:48

And Jesus answered and said unto them
To the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, that came with the band and officers, as appears from ( Luke 22:52 ) . The Persic version reads, "to the multitude":

are ye come out as against a thief, with swords and with staves,
to take me? (See Gill on Matthew 26:55).

Mark 14:48 In-Context

46 And they laid their hands on him and took him.

47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword and smote the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

48 And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not, but it is this way that the scriptures might be fulfilled.

50 And they all forsook him and fled.