Commentaries on Gospel Events
Judas Contracts the Betrayal
Spring A. D. 30
Tuesday
Jerusalem
What could Judas hope to get out of this arrangement?
He saw so much in the line of proof first hand that Jesus was God. Yet for such a little amount (one Bible puts the 30 pieces of silver as worth $52.80, another as $3,840 - strangely big difference) he was willing to put his salvation at risk.
He must have been motivated by more than the money involved. Maybe he thought it would put him in line for a good position in the temple. I do have a theory that his dad was a Pharisee, the Simon in Luke 7:40.
Luk 7:40
And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.That would make Judas possibly a Levite.
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Mat 26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,Mat 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.Mat 26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
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Mar 14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.Mar 14:11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
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Luk 22:3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.Luk 22:4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.Luk 22:5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.Luk 22:6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
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