Matthew 26:16

And from that time he sought a good opportunity that he might deliver him up.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

In Context

15and said, What are ye willing to give me, and *I* will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.

17Now on the first [day] of [the feast of] unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

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Cross References

Luke 22:6And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:15-17

Christ Anointed at Bethany. 14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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