Matthew 26:24

²² They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”

²³ Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

²⁵ Then Judas, who would betray Him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said it yourself.”

²⁶ While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
KJV: The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
WEB: The Son of Man goes even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”
ASV: The Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him: but woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had not been born.
DARBY: The Son of man goes indeed, according as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born.
BLB: Indeed the Son of Man goes as it has been written about Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born—that man.”

ÅB: Menneskesønnen går bort, slik som det er skrevet om ham; men ve det mennesket som forråder ham! Det hadde vært godt for ham om han aldri var født.»
OTB: Menneskesønnen går bort, slik det er skrevet om ham; men ve det mennesket ved hvem Menneskesønnen blir forrådt! Det hadde vært bedre for ham om han ikke var født.”
B1930: Menneskesønnen går bort, som skrevet er om ham; men ve det menneske ved hvem Menneskesønnen blir forrådt! Det hadde vært godt for det menneske om han aldri var født.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 24:46
And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
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Acts 26:22–23
But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
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Daniel 9:26
Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
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Matthew 18:7
Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
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1 Corinthians 15:3
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
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John 17:12
While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
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Luke 22:22
Indeed, the Son of Man will go as it has been determined, but woe to that man who betrays Him.”
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Psalms 22:1–31
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
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