70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
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And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 60-71)We have here an account of the effects of Christ’s discourse. Some were offended and others edified by it; some driven from him and others brought nearer to him . I. To some it was a savour of death unto death ; not only to the Jews, who were professed enemies to him and his doctrine, but even to many of his disciples , such as were disciples at large , who were his frequent hearers, and followed…
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