“And Jesus, answering, said to them: "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? etc." He said, it is foolish to seek him with swords and clubs who freely surrenders to your hands; and to search for him at night as if he were hiding and avoiding your sight, who teaches daily in the temp…”
Bede, 8th c. — On the Gospel of Mark
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48And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
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46And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
47And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
— Mark 14:48 —
49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.