Luke 22:53 meaning and explanation

Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”

Luke 22:53, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus says this to the chief priests, temple officers and elders who have come with swords and clubs to arrest him at night. He notes the contradiction: he taught openly in the temple courts every day, yet they never seized him there.

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