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Matthew 26:52-53

Context
26:52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back in its place! 1  For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword. 26:53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions 2  of angels right now?

Mark 14:36

Context
14:36 He said, “Abba, 3  Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup 4  away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
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[26:52]  1 tn The translation “put your sword back in its place” for this phrase is given in L&N 85.52.

[26:53]  2 sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so twelve legions would be 72,000.

[14:36]  3 tn The word means “Father” in Aramaic.

[14:36]  4 sn This cup alludes to the wrath of God that Jesus would experience (in the form of suffering and death) for us. See Ps 11:6; 75:8-9; Isa 51:17, 19, 22 for this figure.



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