55 In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching,(A) and you did not arrest me. 56 But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.”(B) Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

Jesus Before the Sanhedrin(C)

57 Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas(D) the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled.

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55 At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to arrest me? Every day in the temple courts[a] I sat teaching, and you did not arrest me! 56 But all this has happened in order that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then the disciples all abandoned him and[b] fled.

Jesus Before the Sanhedrin

57 Now those who had arrested Jesus led him[c] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:55 Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
  2. Matthew 26:56 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“abandoned”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Matthew 26:57 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation