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- Chapter 26
- Verse 24
Matthew 26:24
The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Then Judas, which betrayed him,.... Or that was about to betray him, as the Ethiopic version reads it: he had taken a step towards it, was seeking an opportunity to do it, and at length effected it:…
As they did eat ... - The account contained in these verses is also recorded in Mar 14:18-21; Luk 22:21-23; Joh 13:21-22. John says that before Jesus declared that one of them should betray him, “he…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
good for that man if he had not been born A familiar phrase in the Rabbinical Schools, used here with awful depth of certainty.
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