The author of the epistle, Jude , also identifies himself as Jude, the brother of Jesus Jude , and again, Jude is a variation of the same name as Judas.
Leading up to his betrayal of Jesus, not much is said about Judas, but there are a handful of details we can gather from the passages he appears in. The Gospel of John tells us that Judas used his position as treasurer to steal. In the famous account of Mary and Martha, Mary anoints Jesus feet with a pint of expensive perfume, and Judas speaks up:. This is part of the reason why people believe Judas was at least partially motivated by greed when he betrayed Jesus.
Before he is arrested, Jesus prays. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. However you translate it, Jesus is saying that Judas was totally lost. Not somebody you want to have a lot in common with. Many scholars suggest Psalm Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me.
More than anything else he ever said or did, Judas Iscariot is defined by his betrayal of Jesus. Before the Last Supper, the chief priests plot to arrest and kill Jesus, and Judas offers to hand him over:. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over. During the Last Supper, Judas leaves early, and Jesus and the rest of the disciples head to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray.
Jesus asks the disciples to keep watch, but they keep falling asleep. When they finish, Judas approaches with an armed crowd and points Jesus out to them. Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!
While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people. Jesus frequently retreated into solitude to pray. And in the Garden of Gethsemane, late at night, removed from the safety of the crowds who loved him, he was especially vulnerable—and Judas knew that.
After watching Jesus heal people, cast out demons, command storms, and forgive sins for three years, why would Judas be willing to betray him?
The other gospels provide us with two motives, one natural, the other supernatural, which worked together to turn Judas against Jesus. Luke and John both write that Satan entered Judas and influenced him to betray Jesus.
Judas provided both the time and the opportunity. Luke records that it happened just before he spoke with the chief priests Luke , and John writes that the devil prompted him to betray Jesus before the Last Supper John , but that Satan entered him in the moment Judas touched a piece of bread:. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. Satan thought killing Jesus would ruin everything. So by killing the Messiah, Satan thought he would prevent that restoration from happening.
Paul puts it this way in his first letter to the church in Corinth. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Interestingly, a second-century text written long after the death of Judas and the other apostles suggested a different reason why Judas killed Jesus: Judas was the good guy. Throughout his ministry, Jesus dropped regular hints to his disciples that he was going to die.
But during the Last Supper, the gospel writers tell us that Jesus also knew exactly how he was going to die—and who would betray him. In some accounts, Jesus even blatantly tells the disciples which one of them would betray him, but somehow they miss it:. His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor.
He had been with them for three years, and despite his dishonesty, each of them wondered if they might be the eventual traitor. He points out Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Judas Iscariot was important in the gospel stories because he filled a necessary literary and theological role: he betrayed Jesus. Someone had to do it, and Judas was picked. There was no option for Jesus not to be executed because without his crucifixion , he could not rise again in three days and save humanity.
God picked Judas, though, and he did as he was supposed to. There was no other option available to him — was there? Not according to the apocalyptic determinism which runs through all the gospels, and especially Mark.
Mark accuses Judas of being motivated by greed. Matthew agrees with Mark, but Luke claims that Judas was led astray by Satan. John, on the other hand, attributes the motivation to both Satan and a penchant for theft. Some have speculated that Judas was actually betraying Jesus out of disappointed expectations that Jesus would lead an anti-Roman rebellion. Judas is also important because he is someone the gospel authors can easily portray in a negative light, despite how implausible it is that Judas could have acted otherwise from within the theological assumptions of the Christian system.
All of the apostles are depicted as having been unfaithful to Jesus or failing in some manner, but at least they were always better than Judas.
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When asked by whom, He replied,. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. He is next seen entering the garden later that night where Jesus is praying. Knowing the place, Judas led a detachment of soldiers and officials to Jesus. He then proceeded to approach Jesus and kiss him in greeting. After this, Jesus was arrested.
When they disregarded him, he threw the money into the temple, left, and went away and hanged himself. Zechariah predicted Jesus would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver Zechariah God was not blindsided by this betrayal.
In fact, it was part of His plan. In order to save the world from sin, the Bible claims, Jesus had to die. Judas reminds us that God is always in control.
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