Matthew 26:21
While we were eating, he said to us, “Listen carefully to this: One of you is going to enable my enemies to seize me.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
In Context
20When it was evening, Jesus was eating the meal with us twelve disciples.
Cross References
Matthew 26:2“You know that two days from now we will celebrate the Passover festival. At that time I, the one who came from heaven, will be handed over to {they will put me, the one who came from heaven, into the hands of} those who will nail me to a cross.”
Luke 22:21But note that the one [SYN] who will enable my enemies to seize me is eating right here with me!
John 13:21After Jesus said this, he was very troubled. He solemnly declared, “Listen to this carefully: One of you is going to enable my enemies to seize me.”
Revelation 2:23Some have become like her children by doing what she teaches [MET]; I will certainly get rid of them. As a result, all the congregations will recognize that I am the one who finds out what everyone thinks and desires [MTY]. I will reward each of you according to what you have done.
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 →