44And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
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Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. …
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. …
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 43-52)We have here the seizing of our Lord Jesus by the officers of the chief priests. This was what his enemies had long aimed at, they had often sent to take him ; but he had escaped out of their hands, because his hour was not come , nor could they now have taken him, had he not freely surrendered himself. He began first to suffer in his soul , but afterward suffered in his body, that he might satisf…
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