Mark 14:49

⁴⁷ And one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

⁴⁸ Jesus asked the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw?

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.”

⁵⁰ Then everyone deserted Him and fled.

⁵¹ One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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.
WEB: 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.”
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.
DARBY: I was daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me; but [it is] that the scriptures may be fulfilled.
BLB: Every day I was with you⁺ in the temple, teaching, and you⁺ did not seize Me. But [it is] so that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.”

ÅB: daglig var jeg hos dere og lærte i templet, og dere grep meg ikke; men dette er skjedd for at skriftene skal oppfylles.
OTB: Da jeg var med dere hver dag og underviste i tempelgårdene, arresterte dere meg ikke. Men Skriftene må oppfylles."
B1930: daglig var jeg hos eder og lærte i templet, og I grep mig ikke; men dette er skjedd forat skriftene skal opfylles.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 18:20
“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
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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.
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Matthew 26:54
But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
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Luke 22:37
For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
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Daniel 9:24–26
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
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Matthew 26:56
But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
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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?
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Matthew 1:22
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
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