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Luke 22:53

Luke 22:53
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then took they him, and led him,.... The band of soldiers, the captain, and the officers of the Jews, laid hold on Jesus, and bound him, Joh 18:12 and led him out of the garden; notwithstanding the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Luke 22:47-53

See this explained in Mat 26:48-56. Luk 22:48 Betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? - By the “Son of man” was evidently meant “the Messiah.” Judas had had the most satisfactory evidence of that,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I was daily with you in the temple - Alluding to the four preceding days, during the whole of which he taught in the temple, see Luk 21:37, and Mat 21:17.

This is your hour, and the power of darkness…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Luke 22:47-53

Satan, finding himself baffled in his attempts to terrify our Lord Jesus, and so to put him out of the possession of his own soul, betakes himself (according to his usual method) to force and arms,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

this is your hour, and the power of darkness A reproach to them for their base, illegal, midnight secrecy. St Luke omits the incident of the young man with the sindoncast round his naked body, Mar…