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**finished.** Compare [Matthew 7:28](../../../kjv/matthew/7/28) . Marking an epoch. As in [Matthew 11:1](../../../kjv/matthew/11/1) ; [Matthew 13:53](../../../kjv/matthew/13/53) ; [Matthew 19:1](../../../kjv/matthew/19/1) . See App-156 .
**sayings.** Plural of *logos.* See note on [Mark 9:42](../../../kjv/mark/9/42) .

**Ye know.** Greek. *oida.* App-132 .
**after.** Greek. *meta.*
**after two days, &c.** See App-156 .
**is** = takes place, or cometh. Greek. *ginomai.* See note on "fulfilled", [Luke 21:32](../../../kjv/luke/21/32) .
**passover.** Greek. *pascha,* an Aramaic word. Hebrew. *pesach.* App-94 .
**the Son of man.** See App-98 .
**betrayed** = delivered up. The Present Tense is the Figure of speech *Prolepsis* ( App-6 ). See note on "ye slew", [Matthew 23:35](../../../kjv/matthew/23/35) .
**to** = for: i.e. for the purpose of. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**crucified** = hung upon a stake. Greek. *stauros* was not two pieces of wood at any angle. It was an upright pale or stake. Same as *xulon,* a piece of timber ([Acts 5:30](../../../kjv/acts/5/30) ; [Acts 5:10](../../../kjv/acts/5/10) , [Acts 5:39](../../../kjv/acts/5/39) . [Galatians 1:3](../../../kjv/galatians/1/3) , [Galatians 1:13](../../../kjv/galatians/1/13) . [1 Peter 2:24](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/24) ). Even the Latin *crux* means a mere stake, or stave (compare verses: [Matthew 26:47](../../../kjv/matthew/26/47) , [Matthew 26:55](../../../kjv/matthew/26/55) , &c.); while *stauroo* (here) means to drive stakes. See App-162 .

**palace** = court, with access from the street. Should he so rendered in verses: [Matthew 26:58](../../../kjv/matthew/26/58) , [Matthew 26:69](../../../kjv/matthew/26/69) . [Mark 14:54](../../../kjv/mark/14/54) , [Mark 14:66](../../../kjv/mark/14/66) ; [Mark 15:16](../../../kjv/mark/15/16) . [Luke 11:21](../../../kjv/luke/11/21) ; [Luke 22:55](../../../kjv/luke/22/55) .[John 18:15](../../../kjv/john/18/15) , as it is in [Revelation 11:2](../../../kjv/revelation/11/2) . It is rendered "hall" in [Mark 15:16](../../../kjv/mark/15/16) . [Luke 22:55](../../../kjv/luke/22/55) .

**that** = to the end that.
**take** = seize.
**subtilty** = guile.

**on** = during. Greek. *en.* The same as "among" in the next clause.
**on the feast day** = during the feast.

**was** = came to be, as in [Matthew 26:20](../../../kjv/matthew/26/20) . Greek. *ginomai.*
**Bethany.** Note this return to Bethany from Jerusalem after His first entry in [Matthew 21:1-11](../../../kjv/matthew/21/1-11) , &c., and before His triumphal entry in [Mark 11:1-10](../../../kjv/mark/11/1-10) . [Luke 19:29-38](../../../kjv/luke/19/29-38) , and [John 12:12-19](../../../kjv/john/12/12-19) . See App-156 .
**Simon.** Showing this to be a second anointing, later than that of [John 12:2-8](../../../kjv/john/12/2-8) . See App-158 .
**the leper.** Figure of speech *Ampliatio* ( App-6 ). So called after his healing, as Matthew was still called "the tax-gatherer". See note on [Exodus 4:6](../../../kjv/exodus/4/6) .

**a woman.** Unnamed. In the former anointing it was Mary. See App-158 , and note on i Samaritan Pentateuch [Matthew 3:1](../../../kjv/matthew/3/1) .
**box** = flask.
**very precious.** Greek. *barutimos.* Occurs only here.
**on** = upon. Greek. *epi.*
**His head.** In the former anointing, by Mary, it was His feet. See App-158 .
**sat** = reclined [at table].

**His disciples.** In the former case it was Judas Iscariot. App-158 .

**understood** = got to know. Greek. *ginosko.* App-132 . Not the same word as in verses: [Matthew 26:2](../../../kjv/matthew/26/2) , [Matthew 26:70](../../../kjv/matthew/26/70) , [Matthew 26:72](../../../kjv/matthew/26/72) , [Matthew 26:74](../../../kjv/matthew/26/74) .
**good** = excellent.
**upon** = toward. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .

**with.** Greek. *meta.* App-104 .
**not.** Greek. *ou* App-105 . Not the same as in verses: [Matthew 26:26](../../../kjv/matthew/26/26) , [Matthew 26:5](../../../kjv/matthew/26/5) , [Matthew 26:29](../../../kjv/matthew/26/29) , [Matthew 26:35](../../../kjv/matthew/26/35) ; but the same as in verses: [Matthew 26:24](../../../kjv/matthew/26/24) , [Matthew 26:39](../../../kjv/matthew/26/39) , [Matthew 26:40](../../../kjv/matthew/26/40) , [Matthew 24:42](../../../kjv/matthew/24/42) , Mat 24:53 , Mat 70:72 , Mat 70:74 .

**burial** = embalming. Compare [John 19:40](../../../kjv/john/19/40) . Should be the same as in [Mark 14:8](../../../kjv/mark/14/8) . [John 12:7](../../../kjv/john/12/7) . It is the Septuagint for Hebrew. *hanat,* in [Genesis 50:2](../../../kjv/genesis/50/2) .

**Verily.** See note on [Matthew 5:18](../../../kjv/matthew/5/18) .
**this gospel** = the good news.
**preached** = proclaimed. App-121 .
**world.** Greek. *kosmos.* App-129 .
**also this, that** = this also which.

**unto.** Greek. *pros.*

**will ye give . . . ?** = what are ye willing to give?
**will.** Greek. *thelo.* App-102 .
**covenanted with him** = they placed for him [in the balance]: i.e. they weighed to him.
**thirty pieces of silver.** See App-161 . These were shekels of the Sanctuary. App-51 . This was the price of an ox which had gored a servant ([Exodus 21:32](../../../kjv/exodus/21/32) ). It was here destined for the purchase of sacrifices.

**the first day.** The eating of the Passover took place on the *fourteenth* of Nisan. See [Exodus 12:6](../../../kjv/exodus/12/6) , [Exodus 12:8](../../../kjv/exodus/12/8) , [Exodus 12:18](../../../kjv/exodus/12/18) . [Leviticus 23:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/5) .[Numbers 9:3](../../../kjv/numbers/9/3) ; [Numbers 28:16](../../../kjv/numbers/28/16) . The *fifteenth* was the high sabbath, the first day of the feast. See [Numbers 28:17](../../../kjv/numbers/28/17) .
**Where . . . ?** This question shows that the date was the fourteenth of Nisan.

**into.** Greek. *eis.* App-104 . as in verses: [Matthew 26:30](../../../kjv/matthew/26/30) , [Matthew 26:32](../../../kjv/matthew/26/32) , [Matthew 26:41](../../../kjv/matthew/26/41) , Mat 30:45 , Mat 30:52 , Mat 30:71 . such a man = a certain one. Greek. *deina.* Occurs only here in N.T.
**Master** = Teacher. App-98 . [Matthew 26:3](../../../kjv/matthew/26/3) .
**at thy house** = with ( App-104 .) thee.

**had appointed.** Greek. *suntasso.* Occurs only here, and [Matthew 27:10](../../../kjv/matthew/27/10) .

**He sat down.** Thus showing us that this could not be the Passover lamb, which must be eaten *standing.* See [Exodus 12:11](../../../kjv/exodus/12/11) .

**as they did eat.** This had been preceded by [John 13:1-30](../../../kjv/john/13/1-30) . It was the Passover feast, but not the Passover lamb, which followed it. See [Matthew 26:2](../../../kjv/matthew/26/2) , and App-156 and App-157 .
**betray Me** = deliver Me up.

**every** = each. One after the other.
**Lord.** App-98 . A. Literally, "Not I, is it. Lord? "

**dippeth** = dipped.

**The Son of man.** See App-98 .
**s written** = hath been (or standeth) written.
**of** = concerning. Greek. *peri.*
**by** = by means of. Greek. *dia.* Not the same word as in [Matthew 26:63](../../../kjv/matthew/26/63) .
**it had been good.** Figure of speech *Paroemia.* App-6 .
**if, &c.** Assuming the condition as a fact. See App-118 .

**Master** = Rabbi. App-98 . as in [Matthew 26:49](../../../kjv/matthew/26/49) ; not the same as in [Matthew 26:18](../../../kjv/matthew/26/18) . Literally, "Not I, is it. Master? "
**Thou hast said** = Thou thyself hast said [it].

**bread** = a hard biscuit, which required to be broken.
**this is** = this represents. See App-159 and App-6 , Figure of speech *Metaphor.*

**My blood.** No covenant could be made without shedding of blood ([Exodus 24:8](../../../kjv/exodus/24/8) . [Hebrews 9:20](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/20) ); and no remission of sins without it ([Leviticus 17:11](../../../kjv/leviticus/17/11) ).
**the new testament** = the New Covenant. This can be nothing else than that foretold in [Jeremiah 31:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/31) . If not made then, it can never now be made, for the Lord has no blood to shed ([Luke 24:39](../../../kjv/luke/24/39) ). This is the ground of the proclamation of "them that heard Him" ([Hebrews 2:3](../../../kjv/hebrews/2/3) ). See [Acts 2:38](../../../kjv/acts/2/38) , and [Acts 3:19](../../../kjv/acts/3/19) , &c. See also App-95 .
**new.** Greek. *kainos.* New as to quality and character; not fresh made. Compare [Matthew 27:60](../../../kjv/matthew/27/60) . [Mark 1:27](../../../kjv/mark/1/27) .
**testament.** Greek. *diatheke.* This is the first occurrence in the N.T. It is an O.T. word, and must always conform to O.T. usage and translation. It has nothing whatever to do with the *later* Greek usage. The rendering "testament" comes from the Vulgate "testamentum". See App-95 . *Diatheke* occurs in N.T. thirty three times, and is rendered *covenant* twenty times ([Luke 1:72](../../../kjv/luke/1/72) .[Acts 3:25](../../../kjv/acts/3/25) ; [Acts 7:8](../../../kjv/acts/7/8) . [Romans 9:4](../../../kjv/romans/9/4) ; [Romans 11:27](../../../kjv/romans/11/27) . [Galatians 1:3](../../../kjv/galatians/1/3) , [Galatians 1:15](../../../kjv/galatians/1/15) , [Galatians 1:17](../../../kjv/galatians/1/17) ; [Galatians 4:24](../../../kjv/galatians/4/24) .[Ephesians 2:12](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/12) .[Hebrews 8:6](../../../kjv/hebrews/8/6) , [Hebrews 8:8](../../../kjv/hebrews/8/8) , [Hebrews 8:9](../../../kjv/hebrews/8/9) , [Hebrews 9:10](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/10) ; [Hebrews 9:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/4) , [Hebrews 9:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/4) ; [Hebrews 10:16](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/16) , [Hebrews 10:29](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/29) ; [Hebrews 12:24](../../../kjv/hebrews/12/24) ; [Hebrews 13:20](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/20) ); and *testament* thirteen times (here, [Mark 14:24](../../../kjv/mark/14/24) .[Luke 22:20](../../../kjv/luke/22/20) . [1 Corinthians 11:25](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/11/25) . 2Co 3:6 , [2 Corinthians 3:14](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/3/14) .[Hebrews 7:22](../../../kjv/hebrews/7/22) ; [Hebrews 9:15](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/15) , [Hebrews 9:15](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/15) , [Hebrews 9:16](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/16) , [Hebrews 9:17](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/17) , [Hebrews 9:20](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/20) . [Revelation 11:19](../../../kjv/revelation/11/19) ). It should be always rendered "covenant". See notes on [Hebrews 9:15-22](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/15-22) , and App-95 .
**is.** Used by the Figure of speech *Prolepsis.* App-6 .
**for the remission of sins.** See [Acts 2:38](../../../kjv/acts/2/38) ; [Acts 3:19](../../../kjv/acts/3/19) .

**not** = by no means. Greek. *ou me.* App-105 . This might have been soon verified, had the nation repented at the proclamation of Peter ([Acts 3:19-26](../../../kjv/acts/3/19-26) ). But now it is postponed.
**this fruit of the vine.** Figure of speech *Periphrasis.* App-6 .
**Father's.** App-98 and App-112 .

**hymn** = Psalm. Probably the second part of "the great *Hallel* " (or Hallelujah), Psalms 115, 116, 117, 118.
**they went out.** Another proof that this was not the Passover lamb. Compare [Exodus 12:22](../../../kjv/exodus/12/22) . See note on [Matthew 26:20](../../../kjv/matthew/26/20) .

**be offended** = stumble.
**because of** = in. Greek. *en.*
**this night** = in or during (Greek. *en.* App-104 .) this very night.
**it is written** = it standeth written.
**I will smite, &c.** Reference to [Zechariah 13:7](../../../kjv/zechariah/13/7) . See App-107 and App-117 . .

**I will go before you.** Compare [John 10:4](../../../kjv/john/10/4) .
**Galilee.** App-169 .

**Peter** = But Peter.
**Though.** Greek. Even if. Same condition implied as in verses: [Matthew 26:24](../../../kjv/matthew/26/24) , [Matthew 26:39](../../../kjv/matthew/26/39) , [Matthew 26:42](../../../kjv/matthew/26/42) .

**That.** Greek. *hoti.* Separating what was said from the time when it was said. See note on [Luke 23:43](../../../kjv/luke/23/43) .
**before** . See note on [Matthew 1:18](../../../kjv/matthew/1/18) .
**the** = a: i.e. one of other cooks.
**Shalt** = wilt.
**thrice:** i.e. three denials and a cock-crow; then three more and a second cock-crow; not three cock-crows. This prophecy was uttered three times: (1) [John 13:38](../../../kjv/john/13/38) , relating to fact, not to time; (2) [Luke 22:34](../../../kjv/luke/22/34) , in the supper room; (3) and last, [Matthew 26:34](../../../kjv/matthew/26/34) ([Mark 14:30](../../../kjv/mark/14/30) ), on the Mount of Olives. See App-156 and App-160 .

**Though I should die** = Even if (as in [Matthew 26:24](../../../kjv/matthew/26/24) ) it be necessary for me to die.
**with** = together with. Greek. *sun.* App-104 .
**also said . . . disciples** = said . . . disciples also.

**Then cometh, &c.** The Structure (p. 1305) shows the correspondence between the Temptation in the Wilderness ([Matthew 4:1-11](../../../kjv/matthew/4/1-11) ) and the Agony in the Garden ([Matthew 26:36-46](../../../kjv/matthew/26/36-46) ). That both were an assault of Satan is shown in [Luke 22:53](../../../kjv/luke/22/53) , [John 14:30](../../../kjv/john/14/30) ; and by the fact that in each case angelic ministration was given. Compare [Matthew 4:11](../../../kjv/matthew/4/11) with [Luke 22:43](../../../kjv/luke/22/43) .
**place.** Not the usual word, or the same as in [Matthew 26:52](../../../kjv/matthew/26/52) , but Greek. *chorion* = field, or farmstead; used as "place" is in Eng. of a separated spot, in contrast with the town. Compare its ten occurrences (here, [2 John 1:4](../../../kjv/2-john/1/4); [2 John 1:4](../../../kjv/2-john/1/4) :5 .[Acts 1:18](../../../kjv/acts/1/18) , [Acts 1:19](../../../kjv/acts/1/19) , [Acts 1:19](../../../kjv/acts/1/19) ; [Acts 4:34](../../../kjv/acts/4/34) ; [Acts 5:3](../../../kjv/acts/5/3) , [Acts 5:8](../../../kjv/acts/5/8) ; [Acts 28:7](../../../kjv/acts/28/7) ).
**Gethsemane.** An Aramaic word. See App-94 .
**pray.** Greek. *proseuchomai.* App-134 .:2. As in verses: [Matthew 26:39](../../../kjv/matthew/26/39) , [Matthew 26:41](../../../kjv/matthew/26/41) , [Matthew 26:42](../../../kjv/matthew/26/42) , Mat 39:44 . Not the same as in [Matthew 26:53](../../../kjv/matthew/26/53) .

**Peter, &c.:** i.e. Peter, James, and John.
**Zebedee.** See note on [Matthew 4:21](../../../kjv/matthew/4/21) .
**sorrowful and very heav** y = full of anguish and distress. Greek. *ademoneo* = very heavy: only here, [Mark 14:33](../../../kjv/mark/14/33) , and [Philippians 1:2](../../../kjv/philippians/1/2) , [Philippians 1:26](../../../kjv/philippians/1/26) .

**soul.** Greek. *psuche.* See App-110 .
**exceeding sorrowful** = crushed with anguish. So the Septuagint [Psalms 42:5](../../../kjv/psalms/42/5) , [Psalms 42:11](../../../kjv/psalms/42/11) ; [Psalms 43:5](../../../kjv/psalms/43/5) .

**will** = am willing. See App-102 .

**asleep.** Intentionally. App-171 .

**that** = to the end that.
**spirit.** Greek. *pneuma.* App-101 .
**willing** = ready.

**Thy will be done.** The very words of [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .

**now** = afterward. Not "now", for see [Matthew 26:46](../../../kjv/matthew/26/46) . If taken as meaning "henceforth" it must be a question, as in [Luke 22:46](../../../kjv/luke/22/46) .
**the hour is at hand.** See note on [John 7:6](../../../kjv/john/7/6) .
**the Son of man.** See App-98 .

**going.** To meet Judas; not to attempt flight.

**lo.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**one of the twelve.** So in all three Gospels. Had probably become almost an appellative by the time the Gospels were written (as "he that betrayed Him "had).
**multitude** = crowd.
**staves** = clubs. As in [Matthew 26:55](../../../kjv/matthew/26/55) and [Mark 14:43](../../../kjv/mark/14/43) , [Mark 14:48](../../../kjv/mark/14/48) . [Luke 22:52](../../../kjv/luke/22/52) . Not "staves", which is plural of *rabdos =* a staff for walking, as in [Matthew 10:10](../../../kjv/matthew/10/10) . [Mark 6:8](../../../kjv/mark/6/8) . [Luke 9:3](../../../kjv/luke/9/3) and [Hebrews 11:21](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/21) .

**gave** = had given.
**hold Him fast** = seize Him.

**Hail** = Greek. *Chaire.* An Aramaic salutation, like the Greek "Peace". Occ only here; [Matthew 27:29](../../../kjv/matthew/27/29) ; [Matthew 28:9](../../../kjv/matthew/28/9) ; [Mark 15:18](../../../kjv/mark/15/18) . [Luke 1:28](../../../kjv/luke/1/28) . [John 19:3](../../../kjv/john/19/3) . [2 John 1:10-11](../../../kjv/2-john/1/10-11) .
**kissed Him** = ostentatiously embraced Him.

**Friend** = Comrade. Greek. *hetairos.* Occurs only in Matthew (here; [Matthew 11:16](../../../kjv/matthew/11/16) ; [Matthew 20:13](../../../kjv/matthew/20/13) ; [Matthew 22:12](../../../kjv/matthew/22/12) ).
**wherefore, &c.** This is not a question, but an elliptical expression: "[Do that] for which thou art here", or "Carry out thy purpose".
**took** = seized.

**sword.** See [Luke 22:36](../../../kjv/luke/22/36) .
**a servant** = the bondservant; marking a special body-servant of the high priest, by name "Malchus" ([John 18:10](../../../kjv/john/18/10) ).
**his ear** = the lobe of his ear.

**place:** i.e. its sheath. Greek. *topos* . Not the same word as in [Matthew 26:36](../../../kjv/matthew/26/36) .
**take the sword, &c.:** i.e. on their own responsibility ([Romans 13:4](../../../kjv/romans/13/4) ).
**shall perish.** Compare [Genesis 9:6](../../../kjv/genesis/9/6) . with = by. Greek. *en* .

**cannot** = am not able.
**now** = even now. T Tr. WH R read this after "give Me".
**pray** = call upon. Greek. *parakaleo.* App-134 .
**presently** = instantly.
**give** = send, or furnish.
**twelve legions:** i.e. for Himself and the eleven apostles.
**legions.** A legion consisted of 6,000 (6,000 x 12 = 72,000). Compare [2 Kings 6:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/17) .

**be** = come to pass.

**a thief** = a robber. As in [Matthew 27:38](../../../kjv/matthew/27/38) , [Matthew 27:44](../../../kjv/matthew/27/44) . (Not "thief", as in [Matthew 6:19](../../../kjv/matthew/6/19) , [Matthew 6:20](../../../kjv/matthew/6/20) ; [Matthew 24:43](../../../kjv/matthew/24/43) ; or "malefactor", as in [Luke 23:39-43](../../../kjv/luke/23/39-43) .)
**I sat** = I used to sit; or, was accustomed to sit. Imperf. Tense.
**laid no hold on Me** = ye did not (Greek. *ou* . App-105 ) seize me.

**was done** = is come to pass.

**laid hold on** = seized.
**were assembled** = had gathered together.

**afar off** = from afar.
**unto** = even to.
**in** = within [the court].
**servants** = officers.

**council** = Sanhedrin.
**sought** = were seeking.
**false witness.** Greek. *pseudomarturia.* Occurs only in Matthew, here, and [Matthew 15:19](../../../kjv/matthew/15/19) .
**against.** Greek. *kata.* Not the same word as in [Matthew 26:55](../../../kjv/matthew/26/55) .
**to put** = so that they might put, &c.

**none** = not [any]. Greek. *ou.* App-105 .
**yet found they none.** All the texts omit these words; but Scrivener thinks on insufficient authority.
**At the last** = But at last.
**two.** Compare [Deuteronomy 19:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/15) .

**I am able to destroy.** This was "false". He said "Destroy ye". The false witnesses helped to fulfill it.
**Temple.** Greek. *naos,* the shrine. See note on [Matthew 23:16](../../../kjv/matthew/23/16) .
**in.** Greek. *dia* . Perhaps better "within". See [Mark 2:1](../../../kjv/mark/2/1) .[Acts 24:17](../../../kjv/acts/24/17) . [Galatians 1:2](../../../kjv/galatians/1/2) , [Galatians 1:1](../../../kjv/galatians/1/1) .

**held** = continued holding.
**I adjure Thee** = I put Thee on Thine oath. Greek. *exor* - *kizo.* Occurs only here.
**whether = if, &c.** Throwing no doubt on the assumption: as in verses: [Matthew 26:24](../../../kjv/matthew/26/24) , [Matthew 26:39](../../../kjv/matthew/26/39) , [Matthew 26:42](../../../kjv/matthew/26/42) .
**the Christ** = Messiah. App-98 . .
**the Son of God.** See App-98 .

**Thou hast said** = Thou thyself hast said [it].
**nevertheless** = moreover, or however.
**Hereafter** , or Later on.
**shall ye see.** See App-133 .
**the Son of man.** As in verses: [Matthew 26:2](../../../kjv/matthew/26/2) , [Matthew 26:24](../../../kjv/matthew/26/24) , [Matthew 26:45](../../../kjv/matthew/26/45) . This is the last occurrence in Matthew. Quoted from [Psalms 110:1](../../../kjv/psalms/110/1) .[Daniel 7:13](../../../kjv/daniel/7/13) .
**on.** Greek. *ek.* (Not the same word as in [Matthew 26:18](../../../kjv/matthew/26/18) .) "On" here is not the same as in verses: [Matthew 26:5](../../../kjv/matthew/26/5) , [Matthew 26:7](../../../kjv/matthew/26/7) , [Matthew 26:12](../../../kjv/matthew/26/12) , [Matthew 5:39](../../../kjv/matthew/5/39) , Mat 5:50 .
**power.** See note on [Matthew 7:2](../../../kjv/matthew/7/2) .
**in** = upon. Greek. *epi* .
**heaven** = the heavens. See note on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .

**clothes** = robe.

**guilty** = deserving or subject to; "guilty" is obsolete in this sense Greek. *enochos,* as in [Mark 14:64](../../../kjv/mark/14/64) . [1 Corinthians 11:27](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/11/27) . [James 2:10](../../../kjv/james/2/10) .

**in** = on to. Greek. *eis.*
**buffeted** = cuffed, or slapped.
**smote . . . hands.** One word in the Greek Not necessarily implying "rods". See [Matthew 5:39](../../../kjv/matthew/5/39) . [Mark 14:65](../../../kjv/mark/14/65) .[John 18:22](../../../kjv/john/18/22) ; [John 19:3](../../../kjv/john/19/3) . Compare [Isaiah 50:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/50/6) (Septuagint) and [Hosea 5:1](../../../kjv/hosea/5/1) ; [Hosea 11:4](../../../kjv/hosea/11/4) (Symmachus). Greek. *rapizo.* Occurs only in Matthew, here and [Matthew 5:39](../../../kjv/matthew/5/39) .

**Prophesy** = Divine. Refers to the past, not to the future.

**Now Peter, &c.** See App-160 on Peter's denials.
**sat** = was sitting.
**a damsel.** Greek. one damsel. Because another is to be mentioned ([Matthew 26:71](../../../kjv/matthew/26/71) ).

**denied.** See App-160 .

**gone out.** To avoid further questioning.
**another.** Another [maid]; feminine. See App-124 .
**This fellow was also** = This [man] also was.

**the man.** Not even His name.

**curse:** i.e. to call down curses on himself if what he said were not true. Greek. *katanathematizo.* Occurs only here. See App-160 .
**the** = a. No Art. See note on [Matthew 26:34](../../../kjv/matthew/26/34) and App-160 .

**word** = saying. Greek. *rhema.* See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .
**which** = Who.
**said** = had said.

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