“At illi cœperunt contristari, et dicere ei singulatim : Numquid ego ?”
“And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?”
“They began to be grieved and to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I?””
“They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, “Surely not I?” And another said, “Surely not I?””
“They began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I?”
I. Christ's eating the passover with his disciples, the night before he died, with the joys and comforts of which ordinance he prepared himself for his approaching sorrows, the full prospect of which did not indispose him for that solemnity. Note, No apprehension of trouble, come or coming, should put us by, or put us out of frame for, our attendance on holy ordinances, as we have opportunity for it.
Verses 12-21 Nothing could be less the result of human foresight than the events here related. But our Lord knows all things about us before they come to pass. If we admit him, he will dwell in our hearts. The Son of man goes, as it is written of him, as a lamb to the slaughter; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! God's permitting the sins of men, and bringing glory to himself out of them, does not oblige them to sin; nor will this be any excuse for their guilt, or lessen their punishment.