Luke 22:52
“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?”
And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
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?
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.”
“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.”
“Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,”
“And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?”
“And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.”