And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
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Gill's Exposition
But Jesus said unto him, Judas,.... Calling him by his name, that he might know he knew him, and to aggravate his sin; what, Judas, my apostle, my friend, my familiar friend, in whom I trusted, or…
See this explained in Mat 26:48-56. Luk 22:48 Betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? - By the “Son of man” was evidently meant “the Messiah.” Judas had had the most satisfactory evidence of that,…
Satan, finding himself baffled in his attempts to terrify our Lord Jesus, and so to put him out of the possession of his own soul, betakes himself (according to his usual method) to force and arms,…
Cambridge Bible
47-53. The Traitor's Kiss. The Arrest. Malchus.
47. behold a multitude Composed of Levitical guards under their -general;" a Roman Chiliarch (-tribune"), with some soldiers, part of a maniple or…
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