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- Chapter 26
- Verse 56
Matthew 26:56
But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And they that had laid hold on Jesus,.... Who were the band, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, as Joh 18:12, or as the Jews themselves say (q), the elders of Jerusalem; who not only laid…
The account of Jesus’ being betrayed by Judas is recorded by all the evangelists. See Mar 14:43-52; Luk 22:47-53; Joh 18:2-12. Mat 26:47 Judas, one of the twelve, came - This was done while Jesus was…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
all this was done, &c. These are probably the words of Christ, and not a reflection by the Evangelist (cp. Mar 14:49); if so, they were, for most of the disciples, their Master's last words.
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