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?
Matthew 26:53 in other translations
| BSB | Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? |
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| WEB | Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? |
| ASV | Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? |
| YLT | 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? |
| DARBY | Or thinkest thou that I cannot now call upon my Father, and he will furnish me more than twelve legions of angels? |
| BBE | 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? |
| Webster | Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he will presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? |
What does Matthew 26:53 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Twelve legions. A legion was a division of the Roman army amounting to more than six thousand men. Mt 8:29. The number twelve was mentioned, perhaps, in reference to the number of his apostles, and himself. Judas being away, but eleven disciples remained. God could guard him, and each disciple, with a legion of angels; that is, God could easily protect him, if he should pray to him, and if it was his will.
(w) "angels" 2Kgs 6:17, Dan 7:10, Mt 4:11
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 26:47-56
No enemies are so much to be abhorred as those professed disciples that betray Christ with a kiss. God has no need of our services, much less of our sins, to bring about his purposes. Though Christ was crucified through weakness, it was voluntary weakness; he submitted to death. If he had not been willing to suffer, they could not conquer him. It was a great sin for those who had left all to follow Jesus; now to…
Matthew 26:53 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 26:53
- Matthew 4:11
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
- 2 Kings 6:17
And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
- Luke 8:30
And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
- Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
- Matthew 25:31
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
- Jude 1:14
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
- Matthew 10:1-2
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
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4:11; 25:31; 2Ki 6:17; Da 7:10; 2Th 1:7; Jude 1:14
twelve.
10:1,2
legions.(A legion, [legeon ,] for the Latin legio, from lego, to collect or choose was a particular division or battalion of the Roman army, which at different times contained different numbers. In the time of our Saviour it probably consisted of 6,200 foot and 300 horse, twelve of which would amount to 78,000 men.)
Lu 8:30
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Context
- Matthew 26:52
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
- 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?
- Matthew 26:54
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Matthew 26:53 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Acaso piensas que no puedo ahora orar á mi Padre, y él me daría más de doce legiones de ángeles? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Penses-tu que je ne puisse pas maintenant prier mon Père, et il me fournira plus de douze légions d’anges? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Oder meinst du, daß ich nicht jetzt meinen Vater bitten könne, und er mir mehr als zwölf Legionen Engel stellen werde? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | An putas, quia non possum rogare patrem meum, et exhibebit mihi modo plusquam duodecim legiones angelorum? |