Matthew 26:53
“Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my father, and he shall presently giue me more then twelue legions of Angels?”
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Matthew 26:53 Context
51And behold, one of them which were with Iesus, stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and stroke a seruant of the high Priests, and smote off his eare. 52Then said Iesus vnto him, Put vp againe thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword. 53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my father, and he shall presently giue me more then twelue legions of Angels? 54But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 55In that same houre said Iesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thiefe with swords and staues for to take mee? I sate daily with you teaching in the Temple, and ye laide no hold on me.
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Other Translations for Matthew 26:53
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
- King James Version
"Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Does it not seem possible to you that if I make request to my Father he will even now send me an army of angels?
- Basic English Bible
Or thinkest thou that I cannot now call upon my Father, and he will furnish me more than twelve legions of angels?
- Darby Bible
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he will presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
- Webster's Bible
Or do you suppose I cannot entreat my Father and He would instantly send to my help more than twelve legions of angels?
- Weymouth Bible
Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
- World English Bible
Whether gessist thou, that Y may not preie my fadir, and he schal yyue to me now mo than twelue legiouns of aungels?
- Wycliffe Bible
dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 26:53
26:53 He will presently give me more than twelve legions of angels - The least of whom, it is probable, could overturn the earth and destroy all the inhabitants of it.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 26:53
Mt 26:53,54 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father? The Lord needed no human defenders, had it been the Divine purpose that he should not die. More than twelve legions of angels? A Roman legion contained from 6,000 men upwards. The idea here is a mighty host. He and his eleven disciples are twelve. There is more than a legion for each one of them. He could have evaded the enemies had he chosen; the angels would have come to his rescue, if he had willed it, but he gave himself unto death.