Luke 22 · Verse 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.
Luke 22:53, King James Version

Luke 22:53 in other translations

BSBEvery day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
WEBWhen I was with you in the temple daily, you didn’t stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”
ASVWhen I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
YLTwhile daily I was with you in the temple, ye did stretch forth no hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of the darkness.'
DARBYWhen I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness.
BBEWhen I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.
WebsterWhen 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.

What does Luke 22:53 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 53.

(e) "but this is your hour" Job 20:5, Jn 12:27

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 53 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 - That is, the time in which you are permitted to unrein your malice; which ye could not do before, because God did not permit you; and so perfectly are ye under his control that neither you nor the prince of darkness can proceed a hair's breadth against me but through this permission: see at the end of the chapter. What a comfortable thought is it to the followers of Christ, that neither men nor demons can act against them but by the permission of their heavenly Father, and that he will not suffer any of those who trust in him to be tried above what they are able to bear, and will make the trial issue in their greater salvation, and in his glory!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 22:47-53

Nothing can be a greater affront or grief to the Lord Jesus, than to be betrayed by those who profess to be his followers, and say that they love him. Many instances there are, of Christ's being betrayed by those who, under the form of godliness, fight against the power of it. Jesus here gave an illustrious example of his own rule of doing good to those that hate us, as afterwards he did of praying for those that…

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Luke 22:53 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καθ᾽kath᾽EveryG2596
ἡμέρανhēmerandayG2250
ὄντοςontosbeingG1510
μουmouMeG3165
μεθ᾽meth᾽withG3326
ὑμῶνhumōnyouG4771
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
ἱερῷhi'erōtempleG2411
οὐκouknotG3756
ἐξετείνατεexeteinatedid you stretch outG1614
τὰςtastheG3588
χεῖραςcheirashandsG5495
ἐπ᾽ep᾽againstG1909
ἐμέ.emeMe myself.G1473
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235
αὕτηhautēthisG3778
ἐστὶνestinisG1510
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771
ἡhētheG3588
ὥραhōrahourG5610
καὶkaiandG2532
ἡhētheG3588
ἐξουσίαexousiapowerG1849
τοῦtouof theG3588
σκότους.¶skotousdarkness.G4655

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Cross references for Luke 22:53

  • Ephesians 6:12

    For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

  • Acts 26:18

    To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

  • Colossians 1:13

    Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

  • John 16:20-22

    Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

  • John 12:27

    Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:3-6

    But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • John 7:45

    Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

  • John 7:25-26

    Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

  • John 14:30

    Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

  • John 7:30

    Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

  • Revelation 12:9-12

    And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

  • Luke 21:37-38

    And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I was.
21:37,38; Mt 21:12-15,23,45,46; Joh 7:25,26,30,45
but.
Jud 16:21-30; Job 20:5; Joh 12:27; 16:20-22
the power.
Joh 14:30; Ac 26:18; 2Co 4:3-6; Eph 6:12; Col 1:13; Re 12:9-12

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Context

  • Luke 22:52

    Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

  • 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.

  • Luke 22:54

    Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.

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Luke 22:53 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Habiendo estado con vosotros cada día en el templo, no extendisteis las manos contra mí; mas ésta es vuestra hora, y la potestad de las tinieblas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Lorsque j’étais tous les jours avec vous, dans le temple, vous n’avez pas étendu vos mains contre moi; mais c’est ici votre heure, et le pouvoir des ténèbres.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Als ich täglich bei euch im Tempel war, habt ihr die Hände nicht gegen mich ausgestreckt; aber dies ist eure Stunde und die Gewalt der Finsternis.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cum quotidie vobiscum fuerim in templo, non extendistis manus in me: sed hæc est hora vestra, et potestas tenebrarum.