Matthew 26:47–50
Judas betrays him with a kiss before a crowd armed with swords and clubs
Study it word by word47And while he was still speaking, look, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and elders of the people.
48Now the one who was handing him over had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss, he is the one; seize him.”
49And at once coming up to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and he kissed him.
50But Jesus said to him, “Friend, do that for which you have come.” Then they came up and laid their hands on Jesus and seized him.
In its context
45Then he comes to the disciples and says to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Look, the hour has come near, and the Son of Man is handed over into the hands of sinners.
46Get up, let us go; look, the one who hands me over has come near.”
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51And look, one of those with Jesus, stretching out his hand, drew his sword, and striking the slave of the high priest, cut off his ear.
52Then Jesus says to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
Its words in the original
- λαλοῦντοςlalountos· speak
Speak, talk.
- ἸούδαςIoudas· Judas
Judas or Judah, depending on the person: Judah the son of Jacob and his tribe, Judas Iscariot, Judas the brother of Jesus, and others with this name.
- εἷςheis· one
One.
- δώδεκαdōdeka· twelve
Twelve.
- ἦλθενēlthen· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- ὄχλοςochlos· crowd
Crowd, throng; the people.
- πολὺςpolys· much, many
Much, great; in the plural, many.
- μαχαιρῶνmachairōn· sword
Sword.
- ξύλωνxylōn· wood, club
Wood; a club; a tree, the cross.
- ἀρχιερέωνarchiereōn· chief priest, high priest
High priest. In the plural, the one then in office, those who had held it before, and the heads of the priestly families: the chief priests.
- πρεσβυτέρωνpresbyterōn· elder
Elder: an older man; also the leaders of a people or of a community.
- λαοῦlaou· people
People. Often the people of Israel.
- παραδιδοὺςparadidous· hand over
Hand over: put into someone else's hands; also betray, or pass on a teaching.
- ἔδωκενedōken· give
Give.
- σημεῖονsēmeion· sign
Sign, a wonder that points to something.
- λέγωνlegōn· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- φιλήσωphilēsō· hold dear
Hold dear, have affection for; like to do something; also kiss.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- κρατήσατεkratēsate· seize, retain
Take hold of, seize; also retain, keep.
- εὐθέωςeutheōs· immediately
Immediately, at once.
- προσελθὼνproselthōn· come to, approach
Come up to, approach someone.
- ἸησοῦIēsou· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- ΧαῖρεChaire· rejoice
Rejoice, be glad. As a greeting, "hail!" or "greetings!".
- ῥαββίrhabbi· Rabbi
Rabbi: a Hebrew word that means "my teacher".
- κατεφίλησενkatephilēsen· kiss
Kiss, kiss warmly.
- ἙταῖρεHetaire· companion, friend
Companion, comrade; "friend", a kind way of addressing someone, often someone in the wrong.
- πάρειparei· be present
Be present, have come.
- τότεtote· then
Then, at that time.
- ἐπέβαλονepebalon· lay on, put on
Throw on, lay on.
- χεῖραςcheiras· hand
Hand.