Matthew 26:47 — Meaning and Application

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“Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.”

Matthew 26:47

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Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

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Matthew 26:1

"And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,"

Matthew 26:2

"Ye know that after two days is {the feast of} the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified."

Matthew 26:3

"Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,"

Matthew 26:4

"And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill {him}."

Matthew 26:5

"But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar among the people."

Matthew 26:6

"Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,"

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