Matthew 26:55 - Easy To Read Version Then Jesus said to all the people, “You came to get me with swords and clubs like I am a criminal. Every day I sat in the temple {\cf2\super [411]} area teaching. You did not arrest me there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition At that moment Jesus said to the crowds, Have you come out with swords and clubs as [you would] against a robber to capture Me? Day after day I was accustomed to sit in the porches and courts of the temple teaching, and you did not arrest Me. American Standard Version (1901) In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and ye took me not. Common English Bible Then Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me, like a thief? Day after day, I sat in the temple teaching, but you didn’t arrest me. Catholic Public Domain Version In that same hour, Jesus said to the crowds: "You went out, as if to a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me. Yet I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not take hold of me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In that same hour Jesus said to the multitudes: You are come out as it were to a robber with swords and clubs to apprehend me. I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you laid not hands on me. |
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?”
While Jesus was still speaking, Judas came there. Judas was one of the twelve followers. Judas had many people with him. These people were sent from the leading priests and the older leaders of the people. These people with Judas had swords and clubs.
Then Jesus left that place. He went into the area of Judea and across the Jordan River. Again, many people came to him. And Jesus taught the people like he always did.
Jesus was teaching in the temple {\cf2\super [171]} area. Jesus asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Christ {\cf2\super [172]} is the son of David {\cf2\super [173]} ?
Jesus taught the people in the temple {\cf2\super [309]} area every day. The leading priests, the teachers of the law, and some of the leaders of the people wanted to kill Jesus.
One day Jesus was in the temple {\cf2\super [310]} area. He was teaching the people. Jesus told the people the Good News \{about the kingdom of God\}. The leading priests, teachers of the law, and older Jewish leaders came to talk to Jesus.
Jesus closed the book. He gave the book back to the helper and sat down. Every person in the synagogue {\cf2\super [72]} watched Jesus closely.
The festival {\cf2\super [102]} was about half finished. Then Jesus went to the temple {\cf2\super [103]} area and began to teach.
Jesus was still teaching in the temple {\cf2\super [110]} area. Jesus said, “Yes, you know me and you know where I am from. But I have not come by my own authority. I was sent by the One (God) who is true. You don’t know him.
Early in the morning Jesus went back to the temple {\cf2\super [128]} area. All the people came to Jesus. Jesus sat and taught the people.
Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the temple {\cf2\super [132]} area. He was near the place where all the people came to give money. But no person arrested him. The right time for Jesus had not yet come.