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MATTHEW 26:47 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 26:46Matt 26:48
“And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.”
While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. The arrival of Judas with the arresting crowd: the one of the twelve leading the armed crowd is the parable of the wicked tenants enacted — the servants of the one who owns the vineyard have been sent to arrest and kill the son.

Church Fathers on Matthew 26:47

Having said above that the Lord offered Himself of His own accord to His pursuers, the Evangelist proceeds to relate how He was seized by them.

Gloss (Glossa Ordinaria) · medieval compilation · non occ.

'One of the twelve,' by association of name, not of desert. This shews the monstrous wickedness of the man who from the dignity of the Apostleship became the traitor. To shew that it was out of envy that they seized Him, it is added, 'A great multitude sent by the Chief Priests and elders of the people.'

Remigius · 9th century

Some may say that a great multitude came, because of the great multitude of those who already believed, who, they feared, might rescue Him out of their hands; but I think there is another reason for this, and that is, that they who thought that He cast out daemons through Beelzebub, supposed that by some magic He might escape the hands of those who sought to hold Him. Even now do many fight against Jesus with spiritual weapons, to wit, with divers and shifting dogmas…

Origen · 3rd century
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