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Matthew 26:23

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He answered, “He who dipped his hand with me in the dish will betray me.

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Verse 23. He that dippeth. He that is associated to me, that eateth bread with me, shall lift up his heel against me, according to the prophecy of the psalmist, cited by Saint John, 13:18.—Jesus Christ does not here manifest the traitor; he only aggravates the enormity and malice of the crime.

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