MATTHEW 26:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.”
And as they were eating, he said: truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me. The betrayal announcement during the meal: the one who will betray me is present at the table, eating with Jesus. The announcement is not merely information but the prophetic disclosure of the Son of Man who goes as it is written of him.
Church Fathers on Matthew 26:21
The Lord had above foretold His Passion, He now foretels who is to be the traitor; thus giving him place of repentance, when he should see that his thoughts and the secret designs of his heart were known.
'With the twelve,' it is said, for Judas was personally among them, though he had ceased to be so in merit.
For this reason also, because in Christ’s Passion, wherein the true sun hasted to his setting, eternal refreshment was made ready for all believers.
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