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Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn`t me, is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "So you have said."
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The Traitor's Question
Commentators note Judas's hypocrisy. He was the last disciple to ask "Is it I?" and addressed Jesus as "Rabbi" (teacher), while the others used the more intimate title "Lord." Scholars suggest this was a calculated act of audacity, designed to deflect suspicion from himself and maintain his cover among the others.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thou hast said. That is, you have said the truth. It is so. You are the man. Compare Matthew 26:64 with Mark 14:62.
19th Century
Anglican
Then Judas, who betrayed him... The words appear to have been spoken in a spirit of reckless defiance, which John indicates by say…
Baptist
Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to ea…
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This exchange magnifies Judas’s effrontery. Doubtless Judas felt he had to speak up; silence at this stage might have given him away to the others.…
16th Century
Protestant
And Judas who betrayed him. Though we often see persons trembling who are conscious of wrongdoing, yet along with dread and secret torment…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then Judas, who betrayed him Or that was about to betray him, as the Ethiopic version reads it: he had taken a step towards it…
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13th Century
Catholic
Next, the Evangelist deals with the institution of the Blessed Sacrament. Because the new sacraments take the place of the old ones, as it is said,…
