Mark 14:49

49 Every day I was with you in the temple [courts] teaching, and you did not arrest me! But [this has happened] in order that the scriptures would be fulfilled.

Mark 14:49 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:49

I was daily with you in the temple
That is, for several days past; ever since he made his public entry into Jerusalem:

teaching;
the people, in a public manner:

and ye took me not;
did not attempt to lay hands on him, seize him, and carry him away; which he signifies might have been easily done; (See Gill on Matthew 26:55).

But the Scriptures must be fulfilled:
which spoke of the betraying him by Judas; and of their taking him in this private and secret manner; and of the flight of the disciples from him next mentioned; (See Gill on Matthew 26:56).

Mark 14:49 In-Context

47 But a certain one of the bystanders, drawing [his] sword, struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

48 And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to arrest me?

49 Every day I was with you in the temple [courts] teaching, and you did not arrest me! But [this has happened] in order that the scriptures would be fulfilled.

50 And they all abandoned him [and] fled.

51 And a certain young man was following him, clothed [only] in a linen cloth on [his] naked body. And they attempted to seize him,

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[courts]" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
• [b]. The phrase "[this has happened]" is not in the Greek text, but is understood and must be supplied in the translation because of English style; cf. the parallel in Matt 26:56