54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?"
54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
54 But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?"
54 But if I did that, how would the Scriptures come true that say this is the way it has to be?"
54 How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?"
54 But if I did, how would the Scriptures be fulfilled that describe what must happen now?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 26:54
Commentary on Matthew 26:47-56
(Read Matthew 26:47-56)
No enemies are so much to be abhorred as those professed disciples that betray Christ with a kiss. God has no need of our services, much less of our sins, to bring about his purposes. Though Christ was crucified through weakness, it was voluntary weakness; he submitted to death. If he had not been willing to suffer, they could not conquer him. It was a great sin for those who had left all to follow Jesus; now to leave him for they knew not what. What folly, for fear of death to flee from Him, whom they knew and acknowledged to be the Fountain of life!