Matthew 26:54-56
What is written? (ESV)
But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so? At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him and fled.
What does it say?
But how should the scriptures that say this must happen in this way be fulfilled? Just then Jesus asked the mob how they could be coming with such force when He had been peacefully teaching in the temple day after day. He further testified that all of it was taking place so that the prophet’s scriptures would be fulfilled and then all the disciples fled.
What is its immediate context?
The night (or early, next morning) of Jesus’ arrest in the garden of Gethsemane (vs 36). Mark 14:47-52 and Luke 22:52-53 are parallel accounts. John also records Jesus’ arrest (18:3-11) but shares several other details.
How Matthew 26:54-56 is applied across Bible answers
What does Jesus mean by “fulfill all that is written” (Luke 21:22)?
Jesus attributes His arrest in the garden to the "Scriptures of the prophets" being fulfilled.
Mark's account simply records Jesus' statement as "But let the Scriptures be fulfilled." (Mark 14:49) which seems to indicate a more comprehensive fulfillment of scripture, including potentially all of the things happening to Him in Jerusalem, in keeping with other places.68
