Luke Chapter 22 verse 53 Holy Bible
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.
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When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.
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When I was day by day with you in the temple ye did not stretch out your hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of darkness.
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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.
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When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
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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.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 53. - 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. These words of the Lord may signify, "It was from a cowardly fear of the people whom you felt were my friends that you did not dare to arrest me in the full light of day." But it is better to take the last clause as possessing a deeper meaning: "I have often been in your power before, when, without concealment, I taught publicly in that sacred house where you are the appointed guardians; you never dared to lay hands on me then. But this, I know, is your hour, the moment God has given up to you to effect this sad triumph, and this (i.e. the power by which you work) is the power or' darkness (i.e. the power of the spirit of darkness)."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(53) This is your hour, and the power of darkness.--The words are peculiar to St. Luke in this connection, but they present a point of coincidence, (1) as regards the phrase, with St. Paul (Colossians 1:13); and (2) as regards the thought, with St. John (John 14:30). In identifying the power that worked through human instruments against Him with darkness, our Lord virtually claims to be Himself the Light (John 8:12).
