Mark 14:48

48 And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend 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 But they laid hands on him and held him.

47 And one of them that stood by, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the chief priest and cut off his ear.

48 And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me?

49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching: and you did not lay hands on me. But that the scriptures may be fulfilled.

50 Then his disciples, leaving him, all fled away.