52 Then Jesus told him, “Put your sword back in its place because all who take up a sword will perish by a sword.(A) 53 Or do you think that I cannot call on My Father, and He will provide Me at once with more than 12 legions[a] of angels?(B) 54 How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled(C) that say it must happen this way?”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:53 A Roman legion contained up to 6,000 soldiers.

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