The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born. The divine necessity of the passion (as it is written) paired with the personal accountability of the betrayer (woe to that man). The better not to have been born communicates the severity of the judgment: the betrayal that fulfills prophecy does not reduce the betrayer's guilt.

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