"And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and {with} staves to take me?" — Mark 14:48

Mark 14:48 · KJV

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

— Mark 14:48

Verse 47

And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Verse 49

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

Mark 14 — Context

And they laid their hands on him, and took him.

And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

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

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

And they all forsook him, and fled.

Cross References

Luke 22:52-53

Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil {is} in mine hand?

1 Samuel 24:14-15

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

Matthew 26:55

But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.