Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, "Whoever I kiss, that is the man. Seize him and get him safely away."
The salutation is in my own hand, Paul's; that is a mark in every letter of mine. This is how I write.
Never be scared for a second by your opponents; your fearlessness is a clear omen of ruin for them and of your own salvation — at the hands of God.
had many lashes inflicted on them and put them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safe.
Come, get up and let us go. Here is my betrayer close at hand!"
At that very moment, while he was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot] one of the twelve came up accompanied by a mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and scribes and elders.
So when he arrived he at once went up to him and said, "Rabbi [rabbi]," and kissed him.