Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
In that case how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled which declare that thus it must be?"
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?"
NET Bible
How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?"
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?
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 suppose I cannot entreat my Father and He would instantly send to my help more than twelve legions of angels? 54 In that case how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled which declare that thus it must be?" 55 Then said Jesus to the crowds, "Have you come out as if to fight with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? Day after day I have been sitting teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me.
Cross References
Matthew 26:24
The Son of Man is indeed going as is written concerning Him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man if he had never been born."
Luke 24:25-26
"O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!
Luke 24:44-46
And He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you--that everything must be fulfilled that is written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me."
John 10:35
If those to whom God's word was addressed are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled)
Acts 1:16
"Brethren, it was necessary that the Scripture should be fulfilled--the prediction, I mean, which the Holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.