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Luke 22:21-23
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Luke 22:21-23
New English Translation
A Final Discourse
21 “But look, the hand of the one who betrays[a] me is with me on the table.[b] 22 For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined,[c] but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!” 23 So[d] they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.
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- Luke 22:21 sn The one who betrays me. Jesus knows about Judas and what he has done.
- Luke 22:21 sn The point of Jesus’ comment here is not to identify the specific individual per se, but to indicate that it is one who was close to him—somebody whom no one would suspect. His comment serves to heighten the treachery of Judas’ betrayal.
- Luke 22:22 sn Jesus’ death has been determined as a part of God’s plan (Acts 2:22-24).
- Luke 22:23 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ comments: The disciples begin wondering who would betray him.
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