And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
Christ laid bare the monstrous baseness of it by noting that Judas was plotting betrayal while sitting at the holy table as His intimate friend. A stranger's treachery would have been more tolerable; but that one of His chosen should enter an infamous bargain and then present himself at the sacred banquet, this was incredibly detestable.
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Each disciple except Judas cried out in genuine horror, 'Lord, is it I?' They knew the treachery and deceitfulness dwelling even in their own hearts and feared what they might do if left to themselves. They needed Christ's word to clear them from suspicion of such a dreadful iniquity.
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Before declaring that one would betray Him, Christ was troubled in spirit. He felt deeply the magnitude of Judas's coming crime and anticipated with real emotion the sufferings He would endure at the hands of His enemies.
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