δεδώκει : the pluperfect, but without augment, vide Winer, § xii. 9. σύσσημον (neuter of adjective σύσσημος : σύν, σῆμα): a sign previously agreed on (σημεῖον in Mt.), a late word severely condemned by Phrynichus, p. 418, here only in N. T. In Sept [136] for נֵם an “ensign” (Is. Mark 5:26). ἀσφαλῶς may mean either: lead Him away with an easy mind (He will not attempt escape), or: lead, etc., cautiously, carefully He may slip out of your hands as He has done before (Luke 4:30). Judas was just the kind of man to have a superstitious dread of Christ's preternatural power.

[136]Septuagint.

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