Mark - 14:48

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48 Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 14:48.

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And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to seize me?
And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me?
And Jesus answering said to them, Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and sticks to take me?
And Jesus answered and said to them, Have ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staffs to take me?
And Jesus answering said to them, 'As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!
"Have you come out," said Jesus, "with swords and cudgels to arrest me, as if you had to fight with a robber?
And Jesus said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks to take me?
And in response, Jesus said to them: "Have you set out to apprehend me, just as if to a robber, with swords and clubs?
But Jesus spoke up, and said to the men, "Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs, to take me?

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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.

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