The bride belongs to the groom. The friend who helps the groom waits and listens for him. He is full of joy when he hears the groom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
If an enemy were making fun of me, I could stand it. If he were getting ready to oppose me, I could hide.But it’s you, someone like myself. It’s my companion, my close friend.
“ I am not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this will happen so that this passage of Scripture will come true. It says,‘ The one who shared my bread has turned against me.’( Psalm 41:9)
So Judas went to Jesus at once. He said,“ Greetings, Rabbi!” And he kissed him.Jesus replied,“ Friend, do what you came to do.” Then the men stepped forward. They grabbed Jesus and arrested him.
The Philistines asked,“ Who did this?” They were told,“ Samson did. He’s the son- in- law of the man from Timnah. Samson did it because his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned the woman and her father to death.