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Verse	Translation	Text
Lu 22:47	Strong Concordance	And [1161] while he [846] yet [2089] spake [2980], behold [2400] a multitude [3793], and [2532] he that was called [3004] Judas [2455], one [1520] of the twelve [1427], went before [4281] them [846], and [2532] drew near [1448] unto Jesus [2424] to kiss [5368] him [846].
	King James	And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
See this explained in Mat 26:48-56. Luk 22:48 Betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? - By the "Son of man" was evidently meant "the Messiah." Judas had had the most satisfactory evidence of that, and did not doubt it. A kiss was the sign of affection. By that slight artifice Judas thought to conceal his base purpose. Jesus with severity reproaches him for it. Every word is emphatic. "Betrayest" thou - dost thou violate all thy obligations of fidelity, and deliver thy Master up to death? Betrayest "thou" - thou, so long with him, so much favored, so sure that this is the Messiah? Betrayest thou "the Son of man" - the Messiah, the hope of the nations, the desire of all people, the world's Redeemer? Betrayest thou the Son of man "with a kiss" - the sign of friendship and affection employed in a base and wicked purpose, intending to add deceit, disguise, and the prostitution of a mark of affection to the "crime of treason?" Every word of this must have gone to the very soul of Judas. Perhaps few reproofs of crime more resemble the awful searchings of the souls of the wicked in the day of judgment.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

See this explained in Mat 26:48-56.

Luk 22:48

Betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? - By the "Son of man" was evidently meant "the Messiah." Judas had had the most satisfactory evidence of that, and did not doubt it. A kiss was the sign of affection. By that slight artifice Judas thought to conceal his base purpose. Jesus with severity reproaches him for it. Every word is emphatic. "Betrayest" thou - dost thou violate all thy obligations of fidelity, and deliver thy Master up to death? Betrayest "thou" - thou, so long with him, so much favored, so sure that this is the Messiah? Betrayest thou "the Son of man" - the Messiah, the hope of the nations, the desire of all people, the world's Redeemer? Betrayest thou the Son of man "with a kiss" - the sign of friendship and affection employed in a base and wicked purpose, intending to add deceit, disguise, and the prostitution of a mark of affection to the "crime of treason?" Every word of this must have gone to the very soul of Judas. Perhaps few reproofs of crime more resemble the awful searchings of the souls of the wicked in the day of judgment.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Multitude - one of the twelve See on Mat 26:47 To kiss See on Mat 26:49.

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⁴⁸ But [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Judas [2455], betrayest thou [3860] the Son [5207] of man [444] with a kiss [5370]?

⁴⁸ Now [1161] he that betrayed [3860] him [846] gave [1325] them [846] a sign [4592], saying [3004], Whomsoever [3739] [302] I shall kiss [5368], that same [846] is [2076] he [846]: hold [2902] him [846] fast [2902].
⁴⁹ And [2532] forthwith [2112] he came [4334] to Jesus [2424], and said [2036], Hail [5463], master [4461]; and [2532] kissed [2705] him [846].
⁵⁰ And [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Friend [2083], wherefore [1909] [3739] art thou come [3918]? Then [5119] came they [4334], and laid [1911] hands [5495] on [1909] Jesus [2424], and [2532] took [2902] him [846].
⁵¹ And [2532], behold [2400], one [1520] of them which were with [3326] Jesus [2424] stretched out [1614] his hand [5495], and drew [645] his [846] sword [3162], and [2532] struck [3960] a servant [1401] of the high priest's [749], and smote off [851] his [846] ear [5621].
⁵² Then [5119] said [3004] Jesus [2424] unto him [846], Put up again [654] thy [4675] sword [3162] into [1519] his [846] place [5117]: for [1063] all they [3956] that take [2983] the sword [3162] shall perish [622] with [1722] the sword [3162].
⁵³ [2228] Thinkest thou [1380] that [3754] I cannot [3756] [1410] now [737] pray [3870] to my [3450] Father [3962], and [2532] he shall presently give [3936] me [3427] more [4119] than [2228] twelve [1427] legions [3003] of angels [32]?
⁵⁴ But how [4459] then [3767] shall the scriptures [1124] be fulfilled [4137], that [3754] thus [3779] it must [1163] be [1096]?
⁵⁵ In [1722] that same [1565] hour [5610] said [2036] Jesus [2424] to the multitudes [3793], Are ye come out [1831] as [5613] against [1909] a thief [3027] with [3326] swords [3162] and [2532] staves [3586] for to take [4815] me [3165]? I sat [2516] daily [2250] [2596] with [4314] you [5209] teaching [1321] in [1722] the temple [2411], and [2532] ye laid [2902] no [3756] hold [2902] on me [3165].
⁵⁶ But [1161] all [3650] this [5124] was done [1096], that [2443] the scriptures [1124] of the prophets [4396] might be fulfilled [4137]. Then [5119] all [3956] the disciples [3101] forsook [863] him [846], and fled [5343].

⁴⁹ And [2532] forthwith [2112] he came [4334] to Jesus [2424], and said [2036], Hail [5463], master [4461]; and [2532] kissed [2705] him [846].

⁴⁷ And [2532] while [2089] he [846] yet [2089] spake [2980], lo [2400], Judas [2455], one [1520] of the twelve [1427], came [2064], and [2532] with [3326] him [846] a great [4183] multitude [3793] with [3326] swords [3162] and [2532] staves [3586], from [575] the chief priests [749] and [2532] elders [4245] of the people [2992].