Matthew 26:24. The Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him. Luke: ‘As it hath been determined.' The prophecy implied the purpose. But. God's purposes include our freedom (comp. Acts 2:23)

Woe unto that man. Stier: ‘The most affecting and melting lamentation of love, which feels the woe as much as holiness requires or will admit.' Our Lord seems to forget His own woes in pity for this man.

Good were it for that man, etc. A proverbial expression for the most terrible destiny, forbidding the thought of any deliverance however remote.

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Old Testament