But, behold, the hand of him that betrays me is with me on the table.
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
And this He said not only to show that He knew all things, but also to declare to us His own especial goodness, in that He left nothing undone of those things which belonged to Him to do; (for He gives us an example, that even to the end we should be employed in reclaiming sinners;) and moreover to point out the baseness of the traitor who blushed not to be His guest.
Not as if unable top reserve Himself, but as determining for Himself to suffer death for the salvation of man.
