Mark 14:48 And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber?

What does Jesus say to the crowd after Peter strikes the slave of the high priest with his sword and cuts off his ear?

“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber? (Mark 14:48).

What does Jesus say to Peter after he strikes Malchus?

“But Jesus said, ‘No more of this!’ And he touched his ear and healed him” (Luke 22:51).

“So Jesus said to Peter, ‘Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?’” (John 18:11).

What does Jesus say about the reason the crowd has come?

“to arrest (συλλαβεῖν) Me” (Mark 14:48)

συλλαβεῖν (aorist active infinitive συλλαμβάνω)

“to take into custody, seize, grasp, apprehend, τινά arrest someone, to capture (an animal), catch” (BDAG, 955).

To what does Jesus compare the way the crowd has come?

“as you would against a robber (λῃστήν)” (Mark 14:48)

λῃστής –  “robber, highwayman, bandit”

                  “revolutionary, insurrectionist, guerilla” (BDAG, 594)

What does John 1:9-13 say about the way the world and Jesus' own received the Word when He became flesh and came into the world?

“There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:9-13).

Father,

Glory and thanks to You through Jesus the Messiah for so great a salvation as You have freely given to all who receive Jesus, Your Son, from Whom is received the right to become Your children, born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of You. May all who dwell in Your secret place, abiding under the shadow of the Almighty, cease from striving and know that You are God. 

In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.