The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
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Jerome
AD 420
The evening of the day points out the evening of the world; for the last, who are the first to receive the penny of eternal life, come about the eleventh hour. All the disciples then are touched by the Lord; so that there is amongst them the harmony of the harp, all the well attuned strings answer with accordant tone; for it goes on: “And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto Him one by one, Is it I? "One of them however, unstrung, and steeped in the love of money, said, “Is it I, Lord?”, as Matthew testifies.
Again, He says, “One out of the twelve”, as it were, separate from them, for the wolf carries away from the flock the sheep which he has taken, and the sheep which quits the fold lies open to the bite of the wolf. But Judas does not withdraw his foot from his traitorous design though once and again pointed at, wherefore his punishment is foretold, that the death denounced upon him might correct him, whom shame could not overcome; wherefore it goes on: “The Son of Man indeed goeth, as it is written of Him.”.
But because many do good, in the way that Judas did, without its profiting them, there follows: “Woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! good were it for that man if hehad never been born. "It goes on: “Good were it for that man if he had never been born.”.
That is, hidden in his mother's inmost womb, for it is better for a man not to exist than to exist for torments.
