Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Matthew 26:48

ἔδωκεν : the traitor, as he approached the place where he shrewdly guessed Jesus would be, gave (dedit, Vulg [139]), not had given. His plan was not cut and dry from the first. In flashed upon him as he drew near and began to think how he would meet his Master. The old charm of the Master reasserts itself in his soul, and he feels he must salute Him affectionately. At the same instant it flashes upon him that the kiss which both smouldering love and cowardice compel may be utilised as a sign. Inconsistent motives? Yes, but such is human nature, especially in the Judas type: two-souled men, drawn opposite ways by the good and evil in them; betraying loved ones, then hanging themselves.

[139] Vulgate (Jerome's revision of old Latin version).

Matthew 26:48. αὐτός ἐστιν, He and no other is the man.

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Matthew 26:48

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