And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
Christ confirms what He said before: one of His friends at table is the traitor. They sit in perplexity for a time, but this serves a purpose: they come to see the psalm fulfilled, and learn that even the Head of the Church must suffer betrayal by intimate friends, so His members must expect the same.
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God's decrees and Scripture predictions about the Son of Man's death excuse nothing in Judas's crime; he acted from his own wicked will. Yet woe to him: it would have been better never to be born than to face everlasting destruction for such a transgression.
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The dish held bitter sauce, raisins, vinegar, and seasoning, recalling the clay their fathers used in Egypt. By naming one who dipped with Him in that dish, Christ pointed to one near Him at table. John records that Jesus gave Judas a sop, and Judas then went out to betray Him.
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