Mark 14:44

And the traitor who betrayed him, had given them a sign, and said: He whom I shall kiss is the man. Seize promptly, and lead him away

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.

In Context

43And while he was yet speaking, Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, arrived, and much people, with swords and clubs, from before the chief priests and Scribes and Elders

45And immediately he came up, and said to him: Rabbi, Rabbi; and kissed him.

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Cross References

Acts 16:23And when they had scourged them much, they cast them into the prison, and commanded the keeper of the prison to keep them with care.

2 Thessalonians 3:17The salutation in the writing of my own hand, I Paul have written it; which is the token in all my epistles, so I write.

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:44-53

The Treachery of Judas. 43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. 45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. 46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him. 47 And one of them… Read the whole commentary →

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