4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here we are told, I. Who they were that Christ ordained to be his apostles or ambassadors; they were his disciples, Matt. 10:1. He had called them some time before to be disciples, his immediate followers and constant attendants, and he then told them that they should be made fishers of men, which promise he now performed. Note, Christ commonly confers honours and graces by degrees; the light of b…
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