Matthew 26:54

⁵² “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

⁵³ 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?

But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

⁵⁵ At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.

⁵⁶ But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

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: But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
KJV: But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
WEB: How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”
ASV: How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?
DARBY: How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?
BLB: How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”

ÅB: Men hvordan skulle da skriftene oppfylles, som sier at dette må skje?»
OTB: Hvis det ikke var slik, hvordan skulle da Skriftene bli oppfylt, som sier at det må skje slik?”
B1930: Hvorledes skulde da skriftene opfylles, at så må skje?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
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Matthew 26:24
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
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Luke 24:25–26
Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
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Acts 1:16
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
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Psalms 22:1–31
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
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Isaiah 53:1–12
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
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Luke 24:44–46
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
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John 10:35
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
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