Mark 14:21

21 The Human One goes to his death just as it is written about him. But how terrible it is for that person who betrays the Human One! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."

Mark 14:21 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:21

The son of man indeed goeth
Out of this world by death,

as it is written;
both in the book of God's decrees, and in the Scriptures of the Old Testament;

but woe to that man by whom the son of man is betrayed!
whose sin will not be excused, nor lessened by fulfilling the decrees of God, and by accomplishing the prophecies of the Bible:

good were it for that man if he had never been born;
so aggravating will be his crime, so dreadful his punishment; (See Gill on Matthew 26:24).

Mark 14:21 In-Context

19 Deeply saddened, they asked him, one by one, "It's not me, is it?"
20 Jesus answered, "It's one of the Twelve, one who is dipping bread with me into this bowl.
21 The Human One goes to his death just as it is written about him. But how terrible it is for that person who betrays the Human One! It would have been better for him if he had never been born."
22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body."
23 He took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

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