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Mat_26:56. Τοῦτο … προφητῶν ] It is still Jesus who speaks, and who with these words closes His address. Comp. also Mar_14:19. In Luk_22:53 we find a somewhat different conclusion given. Erasmus, Jansen, Bengel, Fritzsche, de Wette, Schegg, Bleek, Weiss, Holtzmann, Hilgenfeld, regard the words in question as a remark by the evangelist (comp. Mat_1:22, Mat_21:4); but if that were so, we should have expected some specific quotation instead of such a general expression as at αἱ γραφαὶ τ . πρ ., and what is more, our Lord’s words would thus be deprived of their proper conclusion, of that which contains the very point of His remarks. For the gist of the whole matter lay in this avowal of His conviction as the God-man that all that was now taking place was a carrying out of the divine purpose with regard to the fulfilling of the Scriptures, and—thus the mystery of Mat_26:55 is solved.
τότε οἱ μαθηταὶ , κ . τ . λ .] Observe the πάντες . Not one of them stood his ground. Here was the verification of the words of Jesus, Mat_26:31; comp. Joh_16:32.