69 Or “a revolutionary.” This term can refer to one who stirs up rebellion: λῃστής 2 has “revolutionary, insurrectionist,” citing evidence from Josephus ( 2.13.2–3 [2.253–254]). However, this usage generally postdates Jesus’ time. It does refer to a figure of violence. Luke uses the same term for the highwaymen who attack the traveler in the parable of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:30).

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And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?

“Am I leading a rebellion,” said Jesus, “that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me?

Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal, to capture me?

Jesus asked them, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me?

And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to arrest me?

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?

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