Marc 14:44

44 Et celui qui le trahissait avait donné ce signal: Celui que je baiserai, c'est lui; saisissez-le, et l'emmenez sûrement.

Marc 14:44 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:44

And he that betrayed him had given them a token
A common sign, in which they agreed; and so this same Greek word is used by the Jews ^F3:

``said R. Phinehas in the name of R. Reuben, did you ever see one man go out of the north, and another from the south, and meet each other, except they made, (anmyo) , "a common sign", between them.''

Such an one the traitor gave his company;

saying, whomsoever I shall kiss, the same is he;
Jesus of Nazareth; who was to be delivered to them:

take him, and lead him away safely;
with care and caution, lest he should get out of their hands, and make his escape, as he had sometimes done: the word "safely", is omitted in the Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions. The Vulgate Latin renders it "cautiously", and so does the Syriac version, which joins it to the words, "take him"; (See Gill on Matthew 26:48).

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Midras Samuel, sect. 9. apud Buxtorf. Lex. Rab. p. 1519.

Marc 14:44 In-Context

42 Levez-vous, allons, voici, celui qui me trahit s'approche.

43 Et aussitôt, comme il parlait encore, Judas, l'un des douze, vint, et avec lui une grande troupe de gens armés d'épées et de bâtons, de la part des principaux sacrificateurs, des scribes et des anciens.

44 Et celui qui le trahissait avait donné ce signal: Celui que je baiserai, c'est lui; saisissez-le, et l'emmenez sûrement.

45 Aussitôt donc qu'il fut arrivé, il s'approcha de lui et lui dit: Maître, maître; et il le baisa.

46 Alors ils jetèrent les mains sur Jésus, et le saisirent.