Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, “Hail, Rabbi!” and kissed him.
Parallel translations
- KJV And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
- BSB Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
- ESV And he came up to Jesus at once and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” And he kissed him.
- NKJV Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
- NASB And immediately Judas went up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
- NLT So Judas came straight to Jesus. “Greetings, Rabbi!” he exclaimed and gave him the kiss.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 26:25Judas, who betrayed him, answered, “It isn’t me, is it, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You said it.”
- 1 Th 5:26Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
- Prov 27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
- Mark 14:45–46When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, “Rabbi! Rabbi!” and kissed him.
- Mark 15:18They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
- Luke 7:45You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
- Gen 27:26His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”
- Matt 27:29–30They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
- 1 Sam 10:1Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t Yahweh anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
- John 19:3They kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.
- 2 Sam 20:9Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
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