Mark 14:48
 Mark 14:48 
New International Version (©2011)
"Am I leading a rebellion," said Jesus, "that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me?

New Living Translation (©2007)
Jesus asked them, "Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me?

English Standard Version (©2001)
And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as though I were a criminal, to capture Me?

International Standard Version (©2012)
Jesus asked them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a bandit?

NET Bible (©2006)
Jesus said to them, "Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
But Yeshua answered and said to them, “Have you gone out as against a band of robbers with swords and with clubs to seize me?”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Jesus asked them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I were a criminal?

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are you come out, as against a thief, with swords and with clubs to take me?

American King James Version
And Jesus answered and said to them, Are you come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

American Standard Version
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to seize me?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus answering, said to them: Are you come out as to a robber, with swords and staves to apprehend me?

Darby Bible Translation
And Jesus answering said to them, Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and sticks to take me?

English Revised Version
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to seize me?

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus answered and said to them, Have ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staffs to take me?

Weymouth New Testament
"Have you come out," said Jesus, "with swords and cudgels to arrest me, as if you had to fight with a robber?

World English Bible
Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus answering said to them, 'As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

14:43-52 Because Christ appeared not as a temporal prince, but preached repentance, reformation, and a holy life, and directed men's thoughts, and affections, and aims to another world, therefore the Jewish rulers sought to destroy him. Peter wounded one of the band. It is easier to fight for Christ than to die for him. But there is a great difference between faulty disciples and hypocrites. The latter rashly and without thought call Christ Master, and express great affection for him, yet betray him to his enemies. Thus they hasten their own destruction.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 48. - We learn from St. Matthew (Matthew 26:52) that our Lord rebuked his disciples for their resistance; after which he proceeded to rebuke those who were bent upon apprehending him. Are ye come out, as against a robber (ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν), with swords and staves to seize me? The order of events in the betrayal appears to have been this: First, the kiss of the traitor Judas, by which he indicated to those who were with him which was Jesus. Then follows that remarkable incident mentioned only by St. John (John 18:4-6), "Jesus... went forth, and saith unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, was standing with them. When therefore he said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground." The presence of Christ in his serene majesty overpowered them. There was something in his looks and manner, as he repeated these words," I am he," words often used before by him, that caused them to retreat backwards, and to prostrate themselves. It was no external force that produced this result. The Divine majesty flashed from his countenance and overawed them, at least for the moment. At all events, it was an emphatic evidence, both to his own disciples and to this crowd, that it was by his own will that he yielded himself up to them. Perhaps this incident fired the courage of St. Peter; and so, as they approached to take our Lord, he drew his sword and struck off the ear of Malchus. Then our Lord healed him. And then he turned to the multitude and said, "Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and staves, to seize me?"


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jesus answered and said unto them,.... To the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, that came with the band and officers, as appears from Luke 22:52. The Persic version reads, "to the multitude":

are ye come out as against a thief, with swords and with staves, to take me? See Gill on Matthew 26:55.


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Jesus' Betrayal and Arrest
47And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 48And Jesus answered and said to them, Are you come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? 49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. …

Matthew 26:47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people.
Matthew 26:55 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, and you did not arrest me.
Mark 14:47 Then one of those standing near drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
Mark 14:49 Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled."