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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 14:43-52

We have here the seizing of our Lord Jesus by the officers of the chief priests. This was what his enemies had long aimed at, they had often sent to take him; but he had escaped out of their hands, because his hour was not come, nor could they now have taken him, had he not freely surrendered himself. He began first to suffer in his soul, but afterward suffered in his body, that he might satisfy for sin, which begins in the heart, but afterwards makes the members of the body instruments of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 14:43-50

14:43-50 And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve arrived, and with him a crowd with swords and cudgels from the chief priests, and the experts in the law, and the elders. The betrayer had given them this sign. "Whom I shall kiss," he said, "that is he. Seize him and take him away securely." So when he had come, immediately he stepped forward. "Rabbi!" he said--and kissed him as a lover would. They laid hands on him and seized him. One of those standing by drew... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 14:50

And they all forsook him and fled. That is, his disciples, as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read; and who seem to have transcribed it from Matthew, and lest it should be thought, that the multitude whom Christ addressed, were intended. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:1-50

Parallel passages: Matthew 26:1-16 , Matthew 26:21-25 , Matthew 26:47-56 ; Luke 22:10-16 , Luke 22:21-23 , Luke 22:47-53 ; John 18:2-12 ; John 8:21-35 — The betrayal by Judas. I. INTRODUCTION TO JUDAS . The individuality of Judas comes prominently before us in this chapter. We make his acquaintance in the house of Simon the leper in Bethany. We are introduced to him in connection with the alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; for though not mentioned... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:10-52

Betrayal. We now approach the darkest of all the dark hours through which our Redeemer passed in this world, so overcast with clouds. "The Son of man is betrayed into the hands of men." It was by "one of the twelve," and "unto the chief priests," and for "money I. What lessons on THE FRAILTY OF THE POOR HUMAN HEART ! The hand that received "the sop," that dipped into the same dish with Jesus, received into its hardened palm the miserable pittance—a slave's price. Ah! even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:27-72

Peter's fall. The painful declaration that the words of the prophet, "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad," would find their fulfillment in them, and in "All ye shall be offended," roused Peter's spirit, and with a bold but mistaken estimate of his own courage and devotion, he fearlessly, even presumptuously, affirmed, "Although all shall be offended, yet will not I." St. Luke has preserved for us words which throw much light upon the incident of Peter's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:43-50

The betrayal. It involved in its very conception a rude, profane intrusion upon our Lord's devotions. At the head of the band was Judas, and with him the Roman soldiers with their swords, and the servants of the chief priests with staves (cudgels, thick sticks). Having met the temptations of the soul in the solitude of prayer, the Lord is now the better able to meet the external trials of which the garden is also the scene. I. THE PRETENDED FRIENDS OF CHRIST ARE HIS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:43-50

The betrayal. I. A TRANSCENDENT CRIME . Because of: 1 . The character of Jesus . 2 . The betrayer's relations to him. Ingratitude. Callous selfishness. Breach of trust . 3 . Circumstances of the act . Intrusion upon holy retirement. Simulation of highest regard and purest sentiment. The spiritual interests of humanity trifled with. II. A SUPREME FOLLY AND FAILURE . Overdone. Foreseen. Ending in contempt and misery.—M. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:43-52

Betrayal and arrest. The agony and the betrayal are most closely related. Neither can be understood apart from the other. Why did Jesus so suffer in the garden, and endure sorrow such that there was none like it? Doubtless it was because he was anticipating the approaching apprehension, and all the awful events which it involved. His soul was darkened by the knowledge that the Son of man was about to be betrayed into the hands of sinners. And how came Jesus, when the crisis arrived, to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 14:43-52

Violence and meekness. I. THE INFLUENCE OF SELF - COMMAND SELF - COMMAND . HOW majestic does the Savior appear in this refusal to employ force against force! Moral grandeur is illustrated against the background of brute violence. It is but the show of violence that can ever be opposed to the majesty of truth. The Divine and the spiritual is conscious that it cannot be hurt. Evil, having no real substance nor personality, flees from it. II. IN THE PROVIDENCE OF ... read more

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