Mark 14:49

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”

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WEBBE

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”

BSB

Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”

KJV

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

ASV

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but [this is done] that the scriptures might be fulfilled.

BBE

I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.

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καθ kath᾽ Every G2596 ἡμέραν hēmeran day G2250 ἤμην ēmēn I was G1510 πρὸς pros with G4314 ὑμᾶς humas you G4771 ἐν en in G1722 τῷ tō the G3588 ἱερῷ hi'erō temple G2411 διδάσκων didaskōn teaching G1321 καὶ kai and G2532 οὐκ ouk not G3756 ἐκρατήσατέ ekratēsate you did seize G2902 με me Me G3165 ἀλλ all᾽ But [it is] G235 ἵνα ina that G2443 πληρωθῶσιν plērōthōsin may be fulfilled G4137 αἱ hai the G3588 γραφαί graphai Scriptures G1124

The early church

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.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(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.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 43–52

Because Christ appeared not as a temporal prince, but preached repentance, reformation, and a holy life, and directed men's thoughts, and affections, and aims to another world, therefore the Jewish rulers sought to destroy him. Peter wounded one of the band. It is easier to fight for Christ than to die for him. But there is a great difference between faulty disciples and hypocrites. The latter rashly and without thought call Christ Master, and express great affection for him, yet betray him to his enemies. Thus they hasten their own destruction.

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Matthew 26:55–56Luke 22:52–53

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.