KJV ORIGINAL
Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Get up, let's go. Look, the one who's about to betray me is already here.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Jesus knew what was coming and walked toward it anyway.
📚 Historical Context
In the Gospel of Matthew, this verse occurs in the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus had gone to pray after the Last Supper with his disciples. He was fully aware that Judas Iscariot, one of his closest followers, was about to betray him by leading the authorities to his location. Jesus spoke these words to rouse his disciples from their slumber, signaling that the moment of his arrest was imminent.
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