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Matthew 26:52-54
New English Translation
Matthew 26:52-54
New English Translation
52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back in its place![a] For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword. 53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions[b] of angels right now? 54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”
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- Matthew 26:52 tn The translation “put your sword back in its place” for this phrase is given in L&N 85.52.
- Matthew 26:53 sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so twelve legions would be 72,000.
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