They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, “It isn’t me, is it, Lord?”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 22. And they being very much troubled. There were three motives for this great sorrow in the disciples: 1st, because they saw their innocent and dear Master was so soon to be taken from them, and delivered up to a most cruel and ignominious death; 2d, because each of them was afraid lest, through human frailty, he might fall into so great a crime; for they all were convinced, that what he said must necessarily come to pass: and lastly, that there could be found one among them so wretchedly perverse, as to deliver Jesus into the hands of his enemies. Hence afraid of themselves, and not daring to affix a suspicion on any individual, they began every one to say: Is it I, Lord, on whom so atrocious a crime is to fall?… It is extremely probable that Christ made this prediction three times: 1st, at the commencement of supper; (Matthew 26:21) 2d, after washing the feet; (John 13:18) 3d, after the institution of the blessed Eucharist. Luke 22:21. Thus Pope Benedict XIV. Sandinus, and so forth