18, 19. I speak not of you all--the "happy are ye," of
Joh 13:17,
being on no supposition applicable to Judas.
I know whom I have chosen--in the higher sense.
But that the scripture may be fulfilled--that is, one has been added
to your number, by no accident or mistake, who is none of Mine, but just
that he might fulfil his predicted destiny.
He that eateth bread with me--"did eat of my bread"
(Ps 41:9),
as one of My family; admitted to the nearest familiarity of
discipleship and of social life.
hath lifted up his heel against me--turned upon Me, adding insult to injury. (Compare
Heb 10:29).
In the Psalm the immediate reference is to Ahithophel's treachery
against David
(2Sa 17:1-23),
one of those scenes in which the parallel of his story with that of His
great Antitype is exceedingly striking. "The eating bread derives a
fearful meaning from the participation in the sacramental supper, a
meaning which must be applied for ever to all unworthy communicants, as
well as to all betrayers of Christ who eat the bread of His Church"
(STIER, with whom, and others, we agree in
thinking that Judas partook of the Lord's Supper).
JFB.
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