The Traitor
R. Glover. Mark 14:42-46 Rise up, let us go; see, he that betrays me is at hand.… 1. Observe here Christ's meekness. He requires us to submit to the blows of our enemies. He submitted even to their kiss. How gracious the self-control that could allow such a liberty! 2. Apostasy should be very earnestly guarded against. When we fall, we fall not merely to the level we left, but to one much lower. 3. The very manner in which Christ was betrayed commends Him and condemns Judas. For is not the kiss itself an acknowledgment that love and homage were the things to which the Saviour was entitled? And if his act admits Christ's worth, how self-condemned he stands for practising treason against One whose right is love. 4. The cause of Christ is frequently betrayed still, with a kiss. Deadly attacks on it often contain complimentary acknowledgments of its worth. Sometimes the wicked life can adopt a bearing of punctilious respectfulness to everything religious. (R. Glover.) Parallel Verses KJV: Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. WEB: Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."