14Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
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Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. …
Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. …
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? …
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.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-16)Immediately after an instance of the greatness kindness done to Christ, follows an instance of the greatest unkindness; such mixture is there of good and bad among the followers of Christ; he hath some faithful friends, and some false and feigned ones. What could be more base than this agreement which Judas here made with the chief priests, to betray Christ to them? I. The traitor was Judas Iscari…
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