Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 22:20-21

"And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, [even] that which is poured out for you. But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table." — Luke 22:20-21 (ASV)

In my blood, which is shed for you. But, behold, the hand of him that betrays me is with me on the table.

What a shadow this revelation must have cast over that solemn feast, over the Savior's heart, and over the minds of all his attached disciples! We can scarcely imagine what pangs tore his loving spirit.

He could have used the language of David, with even deeper emphasis, and said, It was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: but it was you, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.

The hand of him that betrays me is with me on the table. O beloved, I pray that you and I may never betray our Master; if ever we should so fail as to deny him, may the Lord stop us where Peter fell, and never suffer us to betray him as Judas did!