John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

Christ now confirms again what we have seen that he had sometimes predicted to his disciples; but this last prediction clearly shows how willingly he offered himself to die; and it was necessary that he should do so, because God could not be appeased but by a sacrifice of obedience.

Albert Barnes Presbyterian @notesbybarnes

MATTHEW CHAPTER 26 Verses 1-16. See also

William Burkitt Anglican @expositoryburkitt

Several things are here observable; as, 1. The persons conspiring against our blessed Redeemer's life, namely, the chief priests, and scribes, and elders, that is, the whole sanhedrin, or general council of the Jewish church: these lay their malicious heads together, to contrieve the destruction of the innocent Jesus.