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Matthew 26:50

MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 26:50 When Jesus addresses Judas as Friend, he uses a word meaning “acquaintance,” rather than a word implying closeness or affection.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 50. _JESUS SAID - FRIEND_] Rather, _companion_, εταιρε, (_not_ FRIEND,) _wherefore_, rather, _against whom_ (εφ' ὃ, the reading of all the best MSS.) _art thou come_? How must these words hav...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The account of Jesus’ being betrayed by Judas is recorded by all the evangelists. See Mark 14:43; Luke 22:47; John 18:2. Mat

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    13. THE PASSION OF THE KING. Chapter s 26-27. CHAPTER 26 1. His Death Planned. (Matthew 26:1 .) 2. Mary of Bethany Anointing the King.(Matthew 26:6 .) 3. The Betrayal. (Matthew 26:14 .) 4. The Last...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ARREST (Mark 14:43 *, Luke 22:47). Mt. omits Judas-' request that Jesus should be led away safely, but inserts a word of Jesus to Judas (Matthew 26:50; cf....

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY (Matthew 26:1-5)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    While Jesus was still speaking, there came Judas, one of the Twelve, and a great crowd with swords and cudgels, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. The traitor had given them a sign....

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Then they came forward and laid hands on Jesus and held him. And, look you, one of these who was with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the High Priest, and c...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FRIEND. Comrade. Greek. _hetairos._ Occurs only in Matthew (here; Matthew 11:16; Matthew 20:13; Matthew 22:12). WHEREFORE, &C. This is not. question, but an elliptical expression: "[Do that] for which...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Friend, wherefore art thou come?_ The Greek word denotes, not friendship, but companionship. It is used in rebuke, ch. Matthew 20:13 and Matthew 22:12. Here the word is relative to the Rabbi, Matthew...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΦʼ Ὅ for ἐφʼ ᾧ on conclusive grounds. 50. ἙΤΑΙ͂ΡΕ. See ch. Matthew 20:13. In relation to the word ῥαββί (Matthew 26:49) the meaning of ἑταῖρε would be: ‘thou, my disciple.’ ἘΦʼ Ὅ. The sentence is be...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE ARREST OF JESUS St Mark 14:43-50; St Luke 22:47-53; St John 18:3-11...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    VER 47. AND WHILE HE YET SPAKE, LO, JUDAS, ONE OF THE TWELVE, CAME, AND WITH HIM A GREAT MULTITUDE WITH SWORDS AND STAVES, FROM THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE. 48. NOW HE THAT BETRAYED HIM...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE PRAYER IN GETHSEMANE AND THE BETRAYAL MATTHEW 26:36-56:_ In the garden Jesus experienced great agony. He said, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death." (Matthew 26:38) He experienced sa...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΤΑΊΡΕ иос. от ΕΤΑΊΡΟΣ (G2083) друг, έφ' о (G1909; G3739) "для чего?" "почему?" (GI, 69-71; LAE, 125-31). ΠΆΡΕΙ _praes. ind. act. 2 pers. sing. от_ ΠΆΡΕΙΜΙ (G3918) присутствовать, приходить, ΈΠΈΒΑΛΟ...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FRIEND, WHEREFORE ART THOU COME?— The heroic behaviour of the blessed Jesus, in the whole period or his sufferings, will be observed by every attentive eye, and felt by every pious heart; although the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    SECTION 68 JESUS IS ARRESTED (Parallels: Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12) TEXT: 26:47-56 47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. For the exposition, see the notes...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    33-35 Compare Mar_14:29-31; Luk_22:31-34; Joh_13:36-38. 33 The Lord had said distinctly that all of them should be snared. Peter's fall began by refusing to believe that the Lord's all meant all. Of c...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FRIEND, WHEREFORE ART THOU COME?] RV 'Friend, do that for which thou art come.' Lk adds, 'Betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? 'Here follows in St. John a dialogue between Jesus and those who ca...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS IS TAKEN (Mark 14:43; Luke 22:47; John 18:2): see further on Jn....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BETRAYAL. THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST OF JESUS, AND TRIAL BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus (Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 26 PLANS TO KILL JESUS 26:1-5 V1 When Jesus had finished teaching those things, he spoke again to his *disciples. V2 ‘As you know, t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FRIEND, WHEREFORE ART THOU COME? — The word is the same as in Matthew 20:13; Matthew 22:12; and “comrade,” and the old and not yet obsolete English “mate,” come nearer to its meaning. In classical Gre...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The apprehension_ (Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53). εἷς τ. δώδεκα, as in Matthew 26:14, repeated not for information, but as the literary reflection of the chronic horror of the apostolic church that s...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἑταῖρε : so might a master salute a disciple, and disciple or companion is, I think, the sense of the word here (so Elsner, Palairet, Wolf, Schanz, Carr, Camb. N. T.). It answers to ῥαββί in the salut...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BETRAYED AND FORSAKEN Matthew 26:47-56 We cannot fathom the secret thoughts of the traitor. Did he hope that his act would compel Christ to take the course of self-vindication, which His mighty acts...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (13) And Jesus said unto him, (x) Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. (13) Christ is taken, that we might be delivered. (x) Christ reprehends Juda...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE ARREST Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12. “ _And Judas_, the one betraying Him

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. (48) Now he that betrayed him gave...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    50._Friend, for what purpose comest thou? _Luke expresses it more fully: _Judeas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? _except that there is greater force in this reproof, that the benevolence o...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The Lord had finished His discourses. He prepares (chapter 26) to suffer, and to make His last and touching adieus to His disciples, at the table of His last passover on earth, at which He instituted,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, FRIEND,.... Not in an ironical and sarcastic way, but because he pretended to be his friend, by saluting and kissing him, in the manner he had done; or rather, because Christ...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. Ver. 50. _Friend_] Since thou wilt needs be so esteemed, though most unfriendly. _ Wh...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Jesus said, Friend_ Gr. εταιρε, _companion; wherefore_ Gr. εφ ' ω, _For what_, or _against whom, art thou come?_ Against me, thy Teacher, Saviour, and Lord? And to put me into the hands of murderers?...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, FRIEND, WHEREFORE ART THOU COME? THEN CAME THEY, AND LAID HANDS ON JESUS, AND TOOK HIM. While Jesus was still urging His disciples to shake off the drowsiness to which they ha...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST. The coming of the traitor:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    47-56 No enemies are so much to be abhorred as those professed disciples that betray Christ with a kiss. God has no need of our services, much less of our sins, to bring about his purposes. Though Ch...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Mark saith nothing of what Christ said to him. Luke, LUKE 22:48, adds, that Christ said to him, _Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?_ Whether Christ used this compellation of _friend_ to...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 26:50 But G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 Friend G2083 why G1909 G3739 come...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you are come for.” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.' Jesus' reply is equally significant. He only uses ‘friend' of those who are in a doub...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Matthew 26:50. FRIEND. Comp. chap. Matthew 20:13. A term of civility, though not necessarily of friendship. Our Lora did not turn away, in holy indignation, from this Judas kiss. His meekness and gent...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    DO THAT FOR WHICH THOU ART COME (εφ' ο παρε). Moffatt and Goodspeed take it: "Do your errand." There has been a deal of trouble over this phrase. Deissmann (_Light from the Ancient East_, pp. 125 to...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FRIEND Greek, "Hetaire," means "comrade." Perhaps the most touching thing in the Bible. The Lord does not disown Judas....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Matthew 26:50 The Last Pleading of Love. Note: I. The patience of Christ's love. If we take no higher view of this most pathetic incident than that the words come from a man's lips, even then all it...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The story of Peter's denial of his Master is recorded in all four of the Gospels. There are some differences of expression in each version, so it will not be tautology if we read all four of them; and...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Authorities plot Christ's death. Jesus annointed by Mary of Bethany. Judas sells Jesus. The last Passover. Lord's supper instituted. Gethsemane experience. Jesus before Caiaphas and Sanhedri...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Matthew 26:2. _After two day is the passover._ This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα _pascha,_ and the Hebrew word פסח _pesach,_ because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb, pas...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    BE QUICK ABOUT IT, FRIEND! They seize Jesus and tie him up (John 18:12)....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come?_ THE LAST PLEADING OF LOVE I. The patience of Christ’s love. The betrayer in the very instant of his treason has that changeless tenderness...

  • The Gospels Compared

    Jesus is betrayed and arrested Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-50; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-11;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 26:47. A GREAT MULTITUDE.—See John 18:3 (R.V.); Luke 22:52. The body, guided by Judas, consisted of (1) a company of Roman soldiers; (2) a detachment of the Levitical temple-...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM. Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the solution of the di...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings (Matthew 26:1), This is the end of now the Olivet discourse. He now said to his disciples, Now you know that in two days is the feast o...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 16:17; Luke 22:48; Matthew 20:13; Psalms 41:9; Psalms 55:13

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Wherefore art thou come? [ε φ ο π α ρ ε ι]. The interrogation of the A. V. is wrong. The expression is elliptical and condensed. Literally it is, that for which thou art here; and the mind is to suppl...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The heroic behaviour of the blessed Jesus, in the whole period of his sufferings, will be observed by every attentive eye, and felt by every pious heart: although the sacred historians, according to t...

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