Albert Barnes Commentary Matthew 26:55

"In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and ye took me not." — Matthew 26:55 (ASV)

Against a thief. Rather, a robber. This was the manner in which they would have sought to capture a highwayman of desperate character, armed to defend his life. It adds considerably to the depth of his humiliation that he consented to be hunted down in this way by wicked men, and to be treated as if he had been the worst of mankind.

Daily with you teaching in the temple. For many days before the Passover, as recorded in the previous chapter.