MATTHEW 26:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.”
He answered: he who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. The identification of the betrayer: the one who dipped his hand in the dish with me. The sharing of the dish is the image of table fellowship — the intimacy of the shared meal. The betrayer is not a distant enemy but one who shared the bread.
Church Fathers on Matthew 26:23
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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