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Matthew 26:53

Angels and the spiritual worldProtection and safetyJesus Christ

51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off his ear.

52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

55 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.

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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.

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BSB
Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
KJV
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
WEB
Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
ASV
Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
DARBY
Or thinkest thou that I cannot now call upon my Father, and he will furnish me more than twelve legions of angels?
BLB
Or do you think that I am not able to call upon My Father, and He will furnish to Me presently more than twelve legions of angels?
ÅB
Tror du ikke at jeg her og nå kan be min Far, og han vil sende meg mer enn tolv legioner av engler?
OTB
Tror du ikke at jeg kan be til min Far, og han vil straks sette mer enn tolv legioner engler til min disposisjon?
B1930
Eller tror du ikke at jeg i denne stund kan bede min Fader, og han vilde sende mig mere enn tolv legioner engler?

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Cross references

  • Matthew 4:11

    Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

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  • 2 Kings 6:17

    And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

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  • Luke 8:30

    And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

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  • Daniel 7:10

    A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

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  • Matthew 25:31

    When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:7

    And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

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  • Jude 1:14

    And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

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  • Matthew 10:1–2

    And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

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