Matthew 26:54-56 Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then — the scriptures that say this must be so?"

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵⁴ Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then — the scriptures that say this must be so?" ⁵⁵ At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you never seized me. ⁵⁶ However, this has all happened for the fulfilment of the prophetic scriptures!" Then all the disciples left him and fled;