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Matthew 26:55

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Matthew 26:55

Verse 55 of 75

Scripture focus

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.

Matthew 26:55 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 26:55

Theological / Devotional

A thief. Gr. lestes, “robber,” “highwayman.” Such force as this mob represented would not be necessary for the arrest of a simple “thief.” Lestes is rendered “robber” or “robbers” in John 10:1, 8; 18:40; 2 Cor. 11:26. The Jewish leaders acted toward Jesus as though He were a man like Barabbas, a “hardened ruffian” (see DA 735).

Staves. Or, “clubs.”

Sat daily with you. Jesus points to the fact that His conduct denies the implied accusation that He is a hardened ruffian who must be captured, if at all, by force and violence. He has not been operating in secret, but in view of everyone (see John 18:19—21). He had given no excuse for the charge that He was plotting secretly against either the Jewish or the Roman authorities.

Laid on hold. The fact that the authorities had made no attempt to arrest Jesus publicly was evidence that they had no good case against him. Secret arrest proved that they were not acting in good faith, and that they knew their own motives to be wrong.

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