And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
Parallel translations
- WEB They laid their hands on him, and seized him.
- BSB Then the men seized Jesus and arrested Him.
- NKJV Then they laid their hands on Him and took Him.
- NASB And they laid hands on Him and arrested Him.
- NLT Then the others grabbed Jesus and arrested him.
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The crowd seizes Jesus and arrests him. The long-anticipated hour of his suffering begins.
Overview
With the signal given, the mob lays hands on Jesus. He who calmed storms and cast out demons submits to arrest, not from weakness but in obedience to the Father. His willing surrender begins the path that leads to the cross and resurrection.
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Cross-references · 4
- Judg 16:21But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
- Lam 4:20The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
- John 18:12Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
- Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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