Matthew 26:16

And from thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

In Context

15And said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.

17And on the first day of the Azymes, the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pasch?

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Cross References

Luke 22:6And he promised. And he sought opportunity to betray him in the absence of the multitude.

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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