MATTHEW 26:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?”
And they were greatly distressed and began to say to him one after another: is it I, Lord? The disciples' distress — not suspicion of one another but self-examination — produces the one-after-another questioning: is it I, Lord? The question communicates genuine self-doubt: each disciple acknowledges the possibility that they are capable of the betrayal. The Lord address communicates the disciples' continuing recognition of Jesus' authority.
Church Fathers on Matthew 26:22
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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