Matthew 26:22

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, "Surely not I, Lord?"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Deeply distressed, each one began to say to him, “Surely not I, Lord?”

King James Version (1611)
And they were exceeding sorowfull, and began euery one of them to say vnto him, Lord, Is it I?

King James Version
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

English Standard Version
And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, "Is it I, Lord?"

New American Standard Bible
Being deeply grieved, they began saying to Him, each one: "Surely it is not I, Lord?"

New Century Version
This made the followers very sad. Each one began to say to Jesus, "Surely, Lord, I am not the one who will turn against you, am I?"

Amplified Bible
Being deeply grieved and extremely distressed, each one of them began to say to Him, "Surely not I, Lord?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, "Surely not I, Lord?"

Legacy Standard Bible
And being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, "Surely not I, Lord?"

Contemporary English Version
The disciples were very sad, and each one said to Jesus, "Lord, you can't mean me!"

Complete Jewish Bible
They became terribly upset and began asking him, one after the other, "Lord, you don't mean me, do you?"

Darby Translation
And being exceedingly grieved they began to say to him, each of them, Is it *I*, Lord?

Easy-to-Read Version
The followers were very sad to hear this. Each one said, "Lord, surely I am not the one!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they were exceeding sorowfull, and began euery one of them to say vnto him, Is it I, Master?

George Lamsa Translation
And they felt very sad, and began to say to him one by one, Why, is it I, my Lord?

Good News Translation
The disciples were very upset and began to ask him, one after the other, "Surely, Lord, you don't mean me?"

Lexham English Bible
And greatly distressed, each one began to say to him, "Surely I am not he, am I, Lord?"

Literal Translation
And grieving exceedingly, they began to say to Him, each of them, Lord, not at all I is it ?

American Standard Version
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began to say unto him every one, Is it I, Lord?

Bible in Basic English
And they were very said, and said to him, one by one, Is it I, Lord?

Hebrew Names Version
They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?"

International Standard Version
Feeling deeply distressed, each one began to say to him, "Surely I am not the one, Lord?"

Etheridge Translation
And they were very sad, and began to say to him, one by one of them, My Lord, is it I ?

Murdock Translation
And it troubled them much. And they began each one of them to say to him; My Lord is it I?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they were exceadyng sorowfull, and began euery one of them to say vn hym, Lorde is it I?

English Revised Version
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began to say unto him every one, Is it I, Lord?

World English Bible
They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Lord, Is it I?

Weymouth's New Testament
Intensely grieved they began one after another to ask Him, "Can it be I, Master?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei ful sori bigunnen ech bi hym silf to seie, Lord, whether `Y am?

Update Bible Version
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began to say to him every one, Is it I, Lord?

Webster's Bible Translation
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say to him, Lord, is it I?

New English Translation
They became greatly distressed and each one began to say to him, "Surely not I, Lord?"

New King James Version
And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and each of them began to say to Him, "Lord, is it I?"

New Living Translation
Greatly distressed, each one asked in turn, "Am I the one, Lord?"

New Life Bible
They were very sad. They said to Him one after the other, "Lord, is it I?"

New Revised Standard
And they became greatly distressed and began to say to him one after another, "Surely not I, Lord?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, being exceedingly grieved, they began to be saying to him, each one - Can it be, I, Lord?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they being very much troubled began every one to say: Is it I, Lord?

Revised Standard Version
And they were very sorrowful, and began to say to him one after another, "Is it I, Lord?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they were excedinge sorowfull and beganne every one of the to saye vnto him: is it I master?

Young's Literal Translation
And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to him, each of them, `Is it I, Sir?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they were exceadinge soroufull, and beganne euery one of them to saye vnto him: Syr, is it I?

Mace New Testament (1729)
at which they were exceedingly concern'd, and began every one of them to ask, Lord, is it I?

THE MESSAGE
They were stunned, and then began to ask, one after another, "It isn't me, is it, Master?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
The cowboys couldn't believe their ears and each one asked, "It ain't me, is it Lord?"

Contextual Overview

¹⁷On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?" ¹⁸He answered, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, 'My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.'" ¹⁹So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. ²⁰When evening came, Jesus was reclining with the twelve disciples. ²¹And while they were eating, He said to them, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me." ²²They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, "Surely not I, Lord?"²³Jesus answered, "The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me. ²⁴The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born." ²⁵Then Judas, who would betray Him, said, "Surely not I, Rabbi?" Jesus answered, "You have said it yourself."

Bible Verse Review
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Mark 14:19, Mark 14:20, Luke 22:23, John 13:22-25, John 21:17

Reciprocal: 2 Corinthians 7:8 - though I made

Cross-References

Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

Genesis 41:52
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

Exodus 1:7
but the Israelites were fruitful and increased abundantly; they multiplied and became exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them.

Psalms 4:1
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

Psalms 18:19
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

Psalms 118:5
In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they were exceeding sorrowful,.... Partly that Christ should be betrayed at all, into the hands of his enemies, by whom they knew he would be ill used; and partly, that so vile an action should be done, by one from among themselves; and greatly, because they knew not, nor could not conceive, who of them could be guilty of such an horrid sin:

and began everyone of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? excepting Judas, who afterwards spoke for himself. This they said, though conscious to themselves the thing had never entered into their hearts; nor had they taken any step towards it, but with their whole souls abhorred it; yet, as knowing the treachery and deceitfulness, of their hearts, which they could not trust to; and fearing lest should they be left thereunto, they might commit such a dreadful iniquity; and as desirous of being cleared by Christ from any such imputation, and even from all suspicion of anything of this kind.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As they did eat ... - The account contained in these verses is also recorded in Mark 14:18-21; Luke 22:21-23; John 13:21-22. John says that before Jesus declared that one of them should betray him, “he was troubled in spirit, and testified;” that is, he “felt deeply” in view of the greatness of the crime that Judas was about to commit, and the sufferings that he was to endure, and “testified,” or gave utterance to his inward feelings of sorrow.

Matthew 26:22

They were exceeding sorrowful - John says John 13:22 “they looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake” - that is, they anxiously looked one at another, conscious each one, except Judas, of no such intention, and each one beginning to examine himself to find whether he was the person intended.

This showed their innocence, and their attachment to Jesus. It showed how sensitive they were to the least suspicion of the kind. It showed that they were willing to know themselves, thus evincing the spirit of the true Christian. Judas only was silent, and was the last to make the inquiry, and that after he had been plainly pointed out Matthew 26:25, thus showing:

1.That guilt is slow to suspect itself;

2.That it shrinks from the light;

3.That it was his purpose to conceal his intention; and,

4.That nothing but the consciousness that his Lord knew his design could induce him to make inquiry.

The guilty would, if possible, always conceal their crimes. The innocent are ready to suspect that they may have done wrong. Their feelings are tender, and they inquire with solicitude whether there may not be something in their bosoms, unknown to themselves, that may be a departure from right feeling.

Matthew 26:23

He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish - The Jews, at the observance of this ordinance, used a bitter sauce, made of bunches of raisins, mixed with vinegar and other seasoning of the like kind, which they said represented the clay which their fathers were compelled to use in Egypt in making brick, thus reminding them of their bitter bondage there.

This was probably the dish to which reference is made here. It is not improbable that Judas reclined near to our Saviour at the feast, and by his saying it was one that dipped “with him” in the dish, he meant one that was near to him, designating him more particularly than he had done before. John adds (John 13:23-30; see the notes at that place), that “there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples whom Jesus loved” - referring to himself; that Simon Peter beckoned to him to ask Jesus more particularly who it was; that Jesus signified who it was by giving “Judas a sop” - that is, a piece of “bread” or “meat” dipped in the thick sauce; and that Judas, having received it, went out to accomplish his wicked design of betraying him. Judas was not, therefore, present at the institution of the Lord’s Supper.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of man, goeth - That is, the Messiah - the Christ. See the notes at Matthew 8:20.

Goeth - Dies, or will die. The Hebrews often spoke in this manner of death, Psalms 39:13; Genesis 15:2.

As it is written of him - That is, as it is “written” or prophesied of him in the Old Testament. Compare Psalms 41:9 with John 13:18. See also Daniel 9:26-27; Isaiah 53:4-9. Luke Luke 22:22 says, “as it was determined.” In the Greek, as it was “marked out by a boundary” - that is, in the divine purpose. It was the previous intention of God to give him up to die for sin, or it could not have been certainly predicted. It is also declared to have been by his “determinate counsel and foreknowledge.” See the notes at Acts 2:23.

Woe unto that man ... - The crime is great and awful, and he will be punished accordingly. He states the greatness of his misery or “woe” in the phrase following.

It had been good ... - That is, it would have been better for him if he had not been born; or it would be better now for him if he was to be as “if” he had not been born, or if he was annihilated. This was a proverbial mode of speaking among the Jews in frequent use. In relation to Judas, it proves the following things:

1.That the crime which he was about to commit was exceedingly great;

2.That the misery or punishment due to it would certainly come upon him;

3.That he would certainly deserve that misery, or it would not have been threatened or inflicted; and,

4.That his punishment would be eternal.

If there should be any period when the sufferings of Judas should end, and he be restored and raised to heaven, the blessings of that “happiness without end” would infinitely overbalance all the sufferings he could endure in a limited time, and consequently it would not be true that it would have been better for him not to have been born. Existence, to him, would, on the whole, be an infinite blessing. This passage proves further that, in relation to one wicked man, the sufferings of hell will be eternal. If of one, then it is equally certain and proper that all the wicked will perish forever.

If it be asked how this crime of Judas could be so great, or could be a crime at all, when it was determined beforehand that the Saviour should be betrayed and die in this manner, it may be answered:

1. That the crime was what it was “in itself,” apart from any determination of God. It was a violation of all the duties he owed to God and to the Lord Jesus - awful ingratitude, detestable covetousness, and most base treachery. As such it deserved to be punished.

2. The previous purpose of God did not force Judas to do this. In it he acted freely. He did just what his wicked heart prompted him to do.

3. A previous knowledge of a thing, or a previous purpose to permit a thing, does not alter its “nature,” or cause it to be a different thing from what it is.

4. God, who is the best judge of the nature of crime, holds all that was done in crucifying the Saviour, though it was by his determinate counsel and foreknowledge, “to be by wicked hands,” Acts 2:23. This punishment of Judas proves, also, that sinners cannot take shelter for their sins in the decrees of God, or plead them as an excuse. God will punish crimes for what they “are in themselves.” His own deep and inscrutable purposes in regard to human actions will not change “the nature” of those actions, or screen the sinner from the punishment which he deserves.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 26:22. They were exceeding sorrowful — That is, the eleven who were innocent; and the hypocritical traitor, Judas, endeavoured to put on the appearance of sorrow. Strange! Did he not know that Christ knew the secrets of his soul! Or had his love of money so far blinded him, as to render him incapable of discerning even this, with which he had been before so well acquainted?