Mark 14:44

Mark 14:44

42 ^aRise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”

Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane

43 ^aAnd immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

44 Now His betrayer had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I ^akiss, He is the One; seize Him and lead Him away safely.”

45 As soon as he had come, immediately he went up to Him and said to Him, “Rabbi, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

46 Then they laid their hands on Him and took Him.

47 And one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

48 ^aThen Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me?

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Token (susshmon). A common word in the ancient Greek for a concerted signal according to agreement. It is here only in the New Testament. Matthew 26:48 has shmeion, sign. The signal was the kiss by Judas, a contemptible desecration of a friendly salutation.

And lead him away safely (kai apagete asfalwv). Only in Mark. Judas wished no slip to occur. Mark and Matthew do not tell of the falling back upon the ground when Jesus challenged the crowd with Judas. It is given by John alone (John 18:4-9).

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Matthew 26:48

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