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Mark 14:48

in Mark 14

Jesus asked the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw?

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to seize me?

KJV

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

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This verse in Mark 14

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas · Written before 1107.

This, however, is a proof of His divinity, for when He taught in the temple they were unable to take Him, although He was in their power, because the time of His Passion had not yet come; but when He Himself was willing, then He gave Himself up, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled, for he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, not crying nor raising His voice, but suffering willingly.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church3 voices

A commentator

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas · Written before 735.

proposed

(ubi sup.) As if He had said, it is foolish to seek with swords and staves Him, who offers Himself to you of His own accord, and to search, as for one who hides Himself, by night and by means of a traitor, for Him who taught daily in the temple.

A commentator

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark · Written before 1107.

proposed

Christ said to the crowd: "As though against a robber you have come out." Every day I taught in the temple! But this testifies to His Divinity. For when He taught in the temple, they could not seize Him, even though He was in their …

A commentator

Bede

On the Gospel of Mark · Written before 735.

proposed

And Jesus, answering, said to them: "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? etc." He said, it is foolish to seek him with swords and clubs who freely surrenders to your hands; and to search for him …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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 Luk 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 Mat 26:55.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Let us notice in these verses, how little our Lord's enemies understood the nature of His kingdom . We read that Judas came to take Him "with a great multitude, with swords and clubs." It was evidently expected that our Lord would be vigorously defended by His disciples, and that He would not be taken prisoner without fighting. The chief priests and scribes clung obstinately to the idea, that our Lord's kingdom was a worldly kingdom, and therefore supposed that it would be upheld by worldly means.
1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Let us notice in these verses, how little our Lord's enemies understood the nature of His kingdom . We read that Judas came to take Him "with a great multitude, with swords and clubs." It was evidently expected that our Lord would be vigorously defended by His disciples, and that He would not be taken prisoner without fighting. The chief priests and scribes clung obstinately to the idea, that our Lord's kingdom was a worldly kingdom, and therefore supposed that it would be upheld by worldly means. They had yet to learn the solemn lesson contained in our Lord's words to Pilate, "My kingdom is not of this world." (John 18:36.) We shall do well to remember this in all our endeavors to extend the kingdom of true religion. It is not to be propagated by violence, or by an arm of flesh. "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal." "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts." (2 Cor. 10:4. Zech. 4:6.) The cause of truth does not need force to maintain it. False religions, like Mohammedanism, have often been spread by the sword. False Christianity, like that of the Roman Church, has often been enforced on men by bloody persecutions. But the real Gospel of Christ requires no such aids as these. It stands by the power of the Holy Spirit. It grows by the hidden influence of the Holy Spirit on men's hearts and consciences. There is no clearer sign of a bad cause in religion than a readiness to appeal to the sword. Let us notice, secondly, in these verses, how all things in our Lord's passion happened according to God's Word . His own address to those who took Him, exhibits this in a striking manner — "the Scripture must be fulfilled." There was no accident or chance in any part of the close of our Lord's earthly ministry. The steps in which He walked from Gethsemane to Calvary were all marked out hundreds of years before.

The words behind it

16 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 26:18

    And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 24:9

      and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

    • 1 Samuel 24:11–14

      See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion…

    • Psalms 35:7

      For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

    • Psalms 7:3–5

      O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

    • John 10:32

      But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

  • Through

    Matthew 26:55

    At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and…

    it leads to

    • John 8:2

      Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.

    • Mark 12:35

      While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

    • Luke 22:52–53

      Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?

Where this verse is studied

About Mark

The Judas Kiss — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
The Judas Kiss — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
Mark: the study guide →Read Mark 14 →

This page draws on Bede, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Bede, On the Gospel of Mark; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Theophylact of Ohrid, Catena Aurea by Aquinas and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Mark.

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