Luke 22:53

Easy To Read Version

I was with you every day in the temple {\cf2\super [363]} area. Why didn’t you try to arrest me there? But this is your time—the time when darkness (sin) rules.”

Cross References

Matthew 21:23

Jesus went into the temple {\cf2\super [294]} area. While Jesus was teaching there, the leading priests and the older leaders of the people came to Jesus. They said to Jesus, “Tell us! What authority (power) do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

Luke 22:52

The group that came to arrest Jesus were the leading priests, the older Jewish leaders, and the Jewish soldiers. Jesus said to them, “Why did you come out here with swords and sticks? Do you think I am a criminal?

Luke 22:54

They arrested Jesus and took him away. They brought Jesus into the house of the high priest. {\cf2\super [364]} Peter followed them, but he did not come near Jesus.

John 12:27

“Now I am very troubled. What should I say? Should I say, ‘Father save me from this time \{of suffering\}’? No, I came to this time so that I could suffer.

John 13:30

Judas accepted the bread Jesus gave him. Then Judas went out. It was night.

John 14:30

I will not talk with you much longer. The ruler of this world (the devil) is coming. He has no power over me.

John 7:30

When Jesus said this, the people tried to get him. But no person was able to touch Jesus. It was not yet the right time \{for Jesus to be killed\}.

John 7:45

The temple {\cf2\super [120]} police went back to the leading priests and the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [121]} The priests and the Pharisees asked, “Why did you not bring Jesus?”

Acts 26:18

You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”

Ephesians 6:12

Our fight is not against people on earth. We are fighting against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s darkness. We are fighting against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly places.

Colossians 1:13

God made us free from the power of darkness (evil). And he brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son (Jesus).