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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 14:44

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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14:44-45 Gethsemane was dark, and Jesus was personally unknown to most of the crowd sent to seize him (see John 18:7-8), so Judas had given a sign by which he would identify Jesus. Judas addressed Jesus as Rabbi and greeted him with a kiss, a common form of greeting (1 Sam 10:1; 2 Sam 19:39; Luke 7:45).
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