Parallel Verses
NET Bible
How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?"
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say this must happen?"
A Conservative Version
How then would the scriptures be fulfilled that it is necessary to happen this way?
American Standard Version
How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?
Amplified
An Understandable Version
How [else] then should the Scriptures be fulfilled that this must happen [than what is taking place]?"
Anderson New Testament
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Bible in Basic English
But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?
Common New Testament
But how then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen in this way?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
but how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, which say, that thus it must happen?
Darby Translation
How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?
Godbey New Testament
How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, because it is necessary thus to be done?
Goodspeed New Testament
But then how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled, which say that this must happen?"
John Wesley New Testament
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Julia Smith Translation
How then would the writings be filled up, that so it must be?
King James 2000
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Lexham Expanded Bible
How then would the scriptures be fulfilled that it must happen in this way?"
Modern King James verseion
But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But how then should the scriptures be fulfilled? For so must it be."
Moffatt New Testament
Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then ??the scriptures that say this must be so?"
Montgomery New Testament
"But if I did, how could the Scriptures be fulfilled that say that thus it must happen?"
New Heart English Bible
How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"
Noyes New Testament
But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Sawyer New Testament
How then would the Scriptures be accomplished, that it must be so?
The Emphasized Bible
How then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that, thus, it must needs come to pass?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Twentieth Century New Testament
But in that case how would the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that this must be?"
Webster
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Weymouth New Testament
In that case how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled which declare that thus it must be?"
Williams New Testament
How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, for they say this is the way it must be?"
World English Bible
How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"
Worrell New Testament
How, then, could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?"
Worsley New Testament
but how then should the scriptures be fulfilled, which say that thus it must be?
Youngs Literal Translation
how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?'
Themes
Jesus Christ » Death of, voluntary
Jesus Christ » History of » Is betrayed and apprehended (in the garden of gethsemane)
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 26:54
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Betrayal And Arrest Of Jesus
53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now? 54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?" 55 At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.
Cross References
Matthew 26:24
The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."
Psalm 22:1-31
For the music director; according to the tune "Morning Doe;" a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
Psalm 69:1-36
For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.
Isaiah 53:1-12
Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the Lord's power revealed through him?
Daniel 9:24-26
"Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
Zechariah 13:7
"Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate," says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
Luke 24:25-26
So he said to them, "You foolish people -- how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Luke 24:44-46
Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."
John 10:35
If those people to whom the word of God came were called 'gods' (and the scripture cannot be broken),
Acts 1:16
"Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas -- who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus --