Matthew 26:50 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 26:50

“Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus, and arrested Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jesus said unto him, Friend, do that for which thou art come. Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

KJV

And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 50.) And Jesus said to him: Friend, why have you come? Then they drew near and laid hands on Jesus, and seized him. The word 'Friend' should be understood either in the opposite sense, or certainly according to what we have read above: Friend, how did you enter here without a wedding garment? (Matt. XXII, 12)?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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 had always used him as his friend, his familiar friend, who had been of his councils, and had ate at his table; and therefore this carried in it something very cutting, had Judas had any conscience, or sense of gratitude: wherefore art thou come?

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 have cut his very soul, if he had any sensibility left! Surely, thou, who hast so long been my companion, art not come against me, thy Lord, Teacher and Friend! What is the human heart not capable of, when abandoned by God, and influenced by Satan and the love of money!

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
ἑταῖρε,	hetaire	Friend,	G2083 →
ἐφ᾽	eph᾽	[do] for	G1909 →
ὃ	ho	what	G3739 →
πάρει.	parei	you are come.	G3918 →
τότε	tote	Then	G5119 →
προσελθόντες	proselthontes	having come to [him]	G4334 →
ἐπέβαλον	epebalon	they laid	G1911 →
τὰς	tas	<the>	G3588 →
χεῖρας	cheiras	hands	G5495 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκράτησαν	ekratēsan	seized	G2902 →
αὐτόν.	auton	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
leads to
- John 13:18
  I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
- Psalms 55:12–14
  For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
- Matthew 26:23
  Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
- Psalms 55:20–22
  My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
- John 13:26–27
  Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
Through
Matthew 22:12
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
leads to
- Matthew 20:13
  But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
- 1 Samuel 2:9
  He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
Through
Matthew 20:13
But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
leads to
- Matthew 22:12
  ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.