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42 Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer[a] is approaching!”

Betrayal and Arrest

43 Right away, while Jesus[b] was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived.[c] With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law[d] and elders. 44 (Now the betrayer[e] had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.”)[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:42 tn Grk “the one who betrays me.”
  2. Mark 14:43 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Mark 14:43 tn Or “approached.” This is a different verb than the one translated “arrived” in Matt 26:47 and below in v. 45, although in this context the meanings probably overlap.
  4. Mark 14:43 tn Or “from the chief priests, scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.
  5. Mark 14:44 tn Grk “the one who betrays him.”
  6. Mark 14:44 sn This remark is parenthetical within the narrative and has thus been placed in parentheses.