24The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: …
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Topics
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-25)We have here an account of Christ’s keeping the passover. Being made under the law, he submitted to all the ordinances of it, and to this among the rest; it was kept in remembrance of Israel’s deliverance out of Egypt, the birth-day of that people; it was a tradition of the Jews, that in the days of the Messiah they should be redeemed on the very day of their coming out of Egypt; and it was exactl…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.