Every day I was with you in the temple courtyard. And you didn’t lay a hand on me. But this is your hour. This is when darkness rules.”

我天天同你们在殿里，你们不下手拿我。现在却是你们的时候，黑暗掌权了。”

我天天同你们在圣殿里，你们不下手抓我。现在却是你们的时候，黑暗掌权了。”

我天天同你们在圣殿里，你们不下手抓我。现在却是你们的时候，黑暗掌权了。”

我天天和你们一起在圣殿里，你们没有抓我。但现在正是黑暗当权、你们得势的时候了！”

我天天跟你们在殿里，你们不向我下手；但现在是你们的时候了，也是黑暗掌权的时候了。”

我天天在圣殿里与你们在一起的时候，你们不向我下手。不过现在是你们的时候了，是黑暗掌权的时候了！”

我天天同你們在殿裏，你們不下手拿我。現在卻是你們的時候，黑暗掌權了。」

我天天同你們在聖殿裏，你們不下手抓我。現在卻是你們的時候，黑暗掌權了。」

我天天同你們在聖殿裏，你們不下手抓我。現在卻是你們的時候，黑暗掌權了。」

我天天和你們一起在聖殿裡，你們沒有抓我。但現在正是黑暗當權、你們得勢的時候了！」

我天天跟你們在殿裡，你們不向我下手；但現在是你們的時候了，也是黑暗掌權的時候了。”

我天天同你們在殿裏，你們並沒有下手拿我呀！然而這是你們、的鐘點，黑暗的權勢了！』

我天天在聖殿裡與你們在一起的時候，你們不向我下手。不過現在是你們的時候了，是黑暗掌權的時候了！」

我日偕爾在殿、爾未舉手攻我、但今乃爾曹之時、幽暗之權矣、○

我日偕爾在殿、爾不執我、今乃爾曹之時、冥冥之勢矣、○

我日偕爾在聖殿、爾不執我、今乃爾曹之時、晦冥當權矣、○

予日在殿中與爾眾俱、而爾未曾執予、惟今乃爾曹之時、黑闇乘權矣。』

Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour— when darkness reigns.”

When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there every day. But this is your moment, the time when the power of darkness reigns.”

Every day while I was with you in the temple, you never laid a hand on me. But this is your hour— and the dominion of darkness.”

While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”

When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

Every day while I was with you in the temple complex, you never laid a hand on Me. But this is your hour— and the dominion of darkness.”

When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”

When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn’t stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

“ My soul is troubled. What should I say?‘ Father, keep me from having to go through with this’? No. This is the very reason I have come to this point in my life.

Our fight is not against human beings. It is against the rulers, the authorities and the powers of this dark world. It is against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly world.

to open their eyes. I want you to turn them from darkness to light. I want you to turn them from Satan’s power to God. I want their sins to be forgiven. They will be forgiven when they believe in me. They will have their place among God’s people.’

What I’m about to tell you is true. You will weep and mourn while the world is full of joy. You will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.A woman giving birth to a baby has pain. That’s because her time to give birth has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the pain. She forgets because she is so happy that a baby has been born into the world.That’s the way it is with you. Now it’s your time to be sad. But I will see you again. Then you will be full of joy. And no one will take away your joy.

He has saved us from the kingdom of darkness. He has brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.

Jesus entered the temple courtyard. He began to drive out all those who were buying and selling there. He turned over the tables of the people who were exchanging money. He also turned over the benches of those who were selling doves.He said to them,“ It is written that the Lord said,‘ My house will be called a house where people can pray.’( Isaiah 56:7) But you are making it‘ a den for robbers.’ ”( Jeremiah 7:11)Blind people and those who were disabled came to Jesus at the temple. There he healed them.The chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did. They also saw the children in the temple courtyard shouting,“ Hosanna to the Son of David!” But when they saw all this, they became angry.

The chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ stories. They knew he was talking about them.So they looked for a way to arrest him. But they were afraid of the crowd. The people believed that Jesus was a prophet.

Then some of the people of Jerusalem began asking questions. They said,“ Isn’t this the man some people are trying to kill?Here he is! He is speaking openly. They aren’t saying a word to him. Have the authorities really decided that he is the Messiah?

I will not say much more to you. The prince of this world is coming. He has no power over me.

Jesus entered the temple courtyard. While he was teaching there, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him.“ By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked.“ Who gave you this authority?”

Suppose our good news is covered with a veil. Then it is veiled to those who are dying.The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They can’t see the light of the good news that makes Christ’s glory clear. Christ is the likeness of God.The message we preach is not about ourselves. Our message is about Jesus Christ. We say that he is Lord. And we say that we serve you because of Jesus.God said,“ Let light shine out of darkness.”( Genesis 1:3) He made his light shine in our hearts. His light gives us the light to know God’s glory. His glory is shown in the face of Christ.

Each day Jesus taught at the temple. And each evening he went to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives.All the people came to the temple early in the morning. They wanted to hear Jesus speak.

The great dragon was thrown down to the earth, and his angels with him. The dragon is that old serpent called the devil, or Satan. He leads the whole world astray.Then I heard a loud voice in heaven. It said,“ Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God have come. The authority of his Messiah has come. Satan, who brings charges against our brothers and sisters, has been thrown down. He brings charges against them in front of our God day and night.They had victory over him by the blood the Lamb spilled for them. They had victory over him by speaking the truth about Jesus to others. They were willing to risk their lives, even if it led to death.So be joyful, you heavens! Be glad, all you who live there! But how terrible it will be for the earth and the sea! The devil has come down to you. He is very angry. He knows his time is short.”

When he said this, they tried to arrest him. But no one laid a hand on him. The time for him to show who he really was had not yet come.

Then the Philistines grabbed him. They poked his eyes out. They took him down to Gaza. They put bronze chains around him. Then they made him grind grain in the prison.His head had been shaved. But the hair on it began to grow again.The rulers of the Philistines gathered together. They were going to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They were going to celebrate. They said,“ Our god has handed our enemy Samson over to us.”When the people saw Samson, they praised their god. They said,“ Our god has handed our enemy over to us. Our enemy has destroyed our land. He has killed large numbers of our people.”After they had drunk a lot of wine, they shouted,“ Bring Samson out. Let him put on a show for us.” So they called Samson out of the prison. He put on a show for them. They had him stand near the temple pillars.Then he spoke to the servant who was holding his hand. He said,“ Put me where I can feel the pillars. I’m talking about the ones that hold up the temple. I want to lean against them.”The temple was crowded with men and women. All the Philistine rulers were there. About 3,000 men and women were on the roof. They were watching Samson put on a show.Then he prayed to the Lord. Samson said,“ Lord and King, show me that you still have concern for me. Please, God, make me strong just one more time. Let me pay the Philistines back for what they did to my two eyes. Let me do it with only one blow.”Then Samson reached toward the two pillars that were in the middle of the temple. They were the ones that held up the temple. He put his right hand on one of them. He put his left hand on the other. He leaned hard against them.Samson said,“ Let me die together with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might. The temple came down on the rulers. It fell on all the people in it. So Samson killed many more Philistines when he died than he did while he lived.

Those who are evil are happy for only a short time. The joy of ungodly people lasts only for a moment.

Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees. They asked the guards,“ Why didn’t you bring him in?”