Mark 14:49

⁴⁷ And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

⁴⁸ 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.

⁵⁰ And they all forsook him, and fled.

⁵¹ And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on 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
Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
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John 8:2
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
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Matthew 26:54
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
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Luke 22:37
For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
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Daniel 9:24–26
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
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Matthew 26:56
But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
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Mark 12:35
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
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Matthew 1:22
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
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