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Mark 14:49

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49 Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled."
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Mark 14:49 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:49

I was daily with you in the temple
That is, for several days past; ever since he made his public entry into Jerusalem:

teaching;
the people, in a public manner:

and ye took me not;
did not attempt to lay hands on him, seize him, and carry him away; which he signifies might have been easily done; (See Gill on Matthew 26:55).

But the Scriptures must be fulfilled:
which spoke of the betraying him by Judas; and of their taking him in this private and secret manner; and of the flight of the disciples from him next mentioned; (See Gill on Matthew 26:56).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 14:49 In-Context

47 But one of those who stood near drew his sword and struck the slave of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
48 Then Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I were a bandit?
49 Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. But let the scriptures be fulfilled."
50 All of them deserted him and fled.
51 A certain young man was following him, wearing nothing but a linen cloth. They caught hold of him,
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