16And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
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And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
Commentary
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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