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MATTHEW 26:55 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 26:54Matt 26:56
“In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.”
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 I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. The challenge to the arresting crowd: the daily temple teaching that they observed and did not act on contrasts with the nighttime arrest by armed crowd. The covert arrest-by-night of one who has been publicly teaching is the exposure of the conspiracy's political calculation.

Church Fathers on Matthew 26:55

Having commanded Peter to put up his sword, which was an instance of patience, and having (as another Evangelist writes [marg. note: Luke 22:51]) healed the ear that was cut off, which waS an instance of the greatest mercy, and of Divine power, it now follows, 'In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, (to the end that if they could not remember His past goodness, they might at least confess His present,) Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take…

Origen · 3rd century

As much as to say, Robbers assault and study concealment; I have injured no one, but have healed many, and have ever taught in your synagogues.

Remigius · 9th century

It is folly then to seek with swords and staves Him who offers Himself to your hands, and with a traitor to hunt out, as though lurking under cover of night, one who is daily teaching in the temple.

Jerome · 4th century
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