“The one who shared the same table with me and the same food proved to be a foe the more threatening the more he concealed his malice under his close relationship. The Lord also suffered this in the case of Judas: in that case, too, it was not someone from the outer group of disciples who concocted plots but one who ga…”
Diodorus of Tarsus, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PSALM 41
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9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
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7All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
— Psalms 41:9 —
10But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.