Betrayal at the Passover

17 When(A) evening came, He arrived with the Twelve.(B) 18 While they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “I assure you: One of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me!”

19 They began to be distressed and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?”

20 He said to them, “It is one of the Twelve—the one who is dipping bread with Me in the bowl. 21 For the Son of Man(C) will go just as it is written(D) about Him,(E) but woe(F) to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

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17 And when it[a] was evening, he arrived with the twelve. 18 And while[b] they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, that one of you who is eating with me will betray me.” 19 They began to be distressed and to say to him one by one, “Surely not I?”[c] 20 But he said to them, “It is one of the twelve—the one who is dipping bread[d] into the bowl with me. 21 For the Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if that man had not been born.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
  2. Mark 14:18 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were reclining at table”)
  3. Mark 14:19 The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here
  4. Mark 14:20 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation