With envy and with a wicked confidence, he calls Him master, and gives Him a kiss, in betraying Him. But the Lord receives the kiss of the traitor, not to teach us to deceive, but lest he should seem to avoid betrayal, and at the same time to fulfil that Psalm, “Among them that are enemies unto peace, I labour for peace.” [Ps 120:5]
It goes on: “And they laid hands on Him, and took Him.”
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).
