Matthew 26:24
True, the Son of Man must go, as scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man it would be better never to have been born!”
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In Context
23“The one who dipped his bread beside me in the dish,” replied Jesus, “is the one who will betray me.
25Judas, who was betraying him, turned to him and said, “Can it be I, Rabbi?” “It is,” answered Jesus.
Cross References
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you left me, my rescue so far from the words of my roaring?
Psalms 55:23But you, God, will hurl them down to the deepest pit. Bloody and treacherous people will not live out half their days; but I will trust you.
Psalms 109:6“Set over him one who is godless,” they say, “an opponent at his right hand.
Zechariah 12:10And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of pity and compassion. They will look on him whom they have pierced and they will lament for him as one laments for an only son. They will bitterly grieve for him as one grieves for the firstborn.
Matthew 18:7Alas for the world because of such temptations! There cannot but be temptations but sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:18-26
The Treachery of Judas Foretold. 17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? 18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 21 And as they… Read the whole commentary →