Token (συσσημον). A common word in the ancient Greek for a concerted signal according to agreement. It is here only in the New Tes…

And immediately, while he yet spake.—See Notes on Matthew 26:47-50. Note the reappearance of St. Mark’s characteristic “i…

The Venerable Bede: After our Lord had prayed three times and had obtained through His prayers that the Apostles' fear would be…

The prearranged means of identifying Jesus was for Judas to kiss him with a lingering kiss. Perhaps since it was dark the arresting party wanted to…

And he that betrayed him has given them a token
A common sign, in which they agreed; and so this same Greek word is …

Because Christ did not appear as a temporal prince, but preached repentance, reformation, and a holy life, and directed people's thoughts, affectio…