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.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 22:53 in context
Luke 22:50–56
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A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
51
But Jesus answered, “Let me at least do this”—and he touched his ear and healed him.
52
Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
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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.”
54
They seized him and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance.
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When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
56
A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, “This man also was with him.”
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