Matthew 26:53 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 26:53

Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

KJV

Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 53, 54.) Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen this way? I do not need the help of twelve apostles, even if they all defended me. I could have twelve legions of angelic armies. In ancient times, one legion consisted of six thousand men. In order to keep this brief, I will not go into the exact number for now.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

He will presently give me more than twelve legions of angels - The least of whom, it is probable, could overturn the earth and destroy all the inhabitants of it.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

More than twelve legions of angels? - As if he had said, Instead of you twelve, one of whom is a traitor, my Father can give me more than twelve legions of angels to defend me. A legion, at different times, contained different numbers; 4,200, 5,000, and frequently 6,000 men; and from this saying, taking the latter number, which is the common rate, may we not-safely believe that the angels of God amount to more than 72,000?

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

We see in these verses the cup of our Lord Jesus Christ’s sufferings beginning to be filled. We see him betrayed by one of his disciples, forsaken by the rest, and taken prisoner by his deadly enemies. Never surely was there sorrow like his sorrow. Never may we forget, as we read this part of the Bible, that our sins were the cause of these sorrows! Jesus was “delivered was delivered for our offences.” ( Romans 4:25 ). Let us notice for one thing in these verses what gracious condescension marked our Lord’s intercourse with his disciples.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἢ	ē	Or	G2228 →
δοκεῖς	dokeis	think you	G1380 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
δύναμαι	dunamai	I am able	G1410 →
παρακαλέσαι	parakalesai	to call upon	G3870 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πατέρα	patera	Father	G3962 →
μου,	mou	of Mine,	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
παραστήσει	parastēsei	He will furnish	G3936 →
μοι	moi	to Me	G3165 →
ἄρτι	arti	presently	G737 →
πλείω	pleiō	more	G4183 →
δώδεκα	dōdeka	twelve	G1427 →
λεγιῶνας	legiōnas	legions	G3003 →
ἀγγέλων;	angelōn	of angels?	G32 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 6:17
Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and…
leads to
- Hebrews 1:14
  Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 68:17
  The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
- Psalms 34:7
  The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
- Zechariah 6:1–7
  And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
- Acts 26:18
  to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
Through
Matthew 25:31
When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
leads to
- Revelation 1:7
  Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7–8
  and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
- Matthew 19:28
  Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve…