Matthew 26:21-25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 26:17-25

We have here an account of Christ's keeping the passover. Being made under the law, he submitted to all the ordinances of it, and to this among the rest; it was kept in remembrance of Israel's deliverance out of Egypt, the birth-day of that people; it was a tradition of the Jews, that in the days of the Messiah they should be redeemed on the very day of their coming out of Egypt; and it was exactly fulfilled, for Christ died the day after the passover, in which day they began their march. I.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:21

And as they did eat ,.... The passover lamb, the unleavened bread, and bitter herbs: he said it was usual, whilst they were thus engaged, to discourse much about the reason and design of this institution. What they talked of may be learnt from what follows F25 Maimon. ib. c. 7. sect. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Vid. c. 8. 2, 3, 4, 5. & Haggadah Shel. Pesach. p. 5, 6, 7, 8. : "it is an affirmative precept of the law, to declare the signs and wonders which were done to our fathers in Egypt, on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:22

And they were exceeding sorrowful ,.... Partly that Christ should be betrayed at all, into the hands of his enemies, by whom they knew he would be ill used; and partly, that so vile an action should be done, by one from among themselves; and greatly, because they knew not, nor could not conceive, who of them could be guilty of such an horrid sin: and began everyone of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I ? excepting Judas, who afterwards spoke for himself. This they said, though conscious... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:23

And he answered and said ,.... In order to make them easy, and point out the betrayer to them, he that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me . This seems to refer to the dipping of the unleavened bread, or bitter herbs, both, into the sauce called "Charoseth", which the Jews F26 Bartenora in Misn. Pesach. c. 10. sect. 3. Vid. Maimon. & Yom Tob, in ib. & Piske Tos. Pesach. art. 322. say, "was made of figs, nuts, almonds, and other fruits; to which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:24

The son of man goeth ,.... Meaning himself, not to the Mount of Olives, or Gethsemane, or the garden, whither he went a little after this, but out of the world, to his Father: the phrase is expressive of his death, as in Joshua 23:14 , and denotes the voluntariness of it, and which is no ways inconsistent with the divine determinations about it: nor the violence that was offered to him by his enemies. As it is written ; in the book of God's eternal purposes and decrees; for Luke says,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 26:25

Then Judas, which betrayed him ,.... Or that was about to betray him, as the Ethiopic version reads it: he had taken a step towards it, was seeking an opportunity to do it, and at length effected it: the Persic version reads, Judas Iscariot; who after all the rest had put the question, answered and said, Master, is it I ? Who though he knew what he had been doing, and what he further resolved to do, and was conscious to himself he was the man; nay, though he had been pointed out as the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:21

One of you shall betray me - Or, will deliver me up. Judas had already betrayed him, Matthew 26:15 , and he was now about to deliver him into the hands of the chief priests, according to the agreement he had made with them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:22

They were exceeding sorrowful - That is, the eleven who were innocent; and the hypocritical traitor, Judas, endeavored to put on the appearance of sorrow. Strange! Did he not know that Christ knew the secrets of his soul! Or had his love of money so far blinded him, as to render him incapable of discerning even this, with which he had been before so well acquainted? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:23

He that dippeth his hand - As the Jews ate the passover a whole family together, it was not convenient for them all to dip their bread in the same dish; they therefore had several little dishes or plates, in which was the juice of the bitter herbs, mentioned Exodus 12:8 , on different parts of the table; and those who were nigh one of these, dipped their bread in it. As Judas is represented as dipping in the same dish with Christ, it shows that he was either near or opposite to him. If... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:24

The Son of man goeth - That is, is about to die. Going, going away, departing, etc., are frequently used in the best Greek and Latin writers, for death, or dying. The same words are often used in the Scriptures in the same sense. It had been good for that man - Can this be said of any sinner, in the common sense in which it is understood, if there be any redemption from hell's torments? If a sinner should suffer millions of millions of years in them, and get out at last to the enjoyment... read more

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