Luke 22:53
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Every 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.””
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“Every 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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“When 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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“while 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.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 22:53 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 16:21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
- Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
- Matthew 21:12Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
- Matthew 21:23When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
- Matthew 21:45When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.
- Luke 21:37Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
- John 7:25Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
- John 7:30So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- John 7:45Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
- John 12:27Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
- John 14:30I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
- John 16:20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
- 2 Corinthians 4:3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
- Ephesians 6:12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
- Colossians 1:13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
- Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
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