# Luke 22.53

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke-the-evangelist/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 51. But Jesus answered and said, <span class="rl-speech">Suffer ye them thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.</span> 52. And Jesus said unto the chief priests, <span class="rl-speech">and captains of the temple, and elders, that were come against him, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves?</span>
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> **53. 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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> 54. And they seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed afar off. 55. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and had sat down together, Peter sat in the midst of them. (Luke 22:51-55, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 51. But Jesus answered, <span class="rl-speech">“Let me at least do this”</span>, and he touched his ear, and healed him. 52. Jesus said to the chief priests, <span class="rl-speech">captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?</span>
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> **53. 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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> 54. They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance. 55. When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat among them. (Luke 22:51-55, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 51. And Jesus answered and said, <span class="rl-speech">Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.</span> 52. Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, <span class="rl-speech">and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?</span>
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> **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.**
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> 54. Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. 55. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. (Luke 22:51-55, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 51. and Jesus answering said, <span class="rl-speech">'Suffer ye thus far,'</span> and having touched his ear, he healed him. 52. And Jesus said to those having come upon him, <span class="rl-speech">chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders, 'As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks?</span>
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> **53. 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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> 54. And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest. And Peter was following afar off, 55. and they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and having sat down together, Peter was sitting in the midst of them, (Luke 22:51-55, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [The Devil](/codex/the-devil/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.