All he had to do is to raise someone who would be a betrayer and an informant who would inform and lead the Jewish authorities to Jesus at the time He was not with the crowd. Such a person to play this role was available — he was Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Already he had proved himself to be a lover of money and was willing to do anything to get more. That is, if only he could hand Him over to the Jewish authorities who were obsessed with the intent of killing Him, he would make more money.
According to the Bible, Satan entered into Judas Iscariot and Iscariot went away and conferred with the chief priests and Jewish officers how he might betray Jesus to them. And they were glad and paid him an amount of thirty silver pieces. So he sought an opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the crowd. Luke After the last supper, Jesus and his disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane.
There, Judas Iscariot who left during the last supper came with a crowd of armed men. To make no mistake about whom he wanted them to arrest, Judas Iscariot arranged with them that whoever he would kiss is the one they should arrest. There he walked to Jesus and kissed Him and Jesus was arrested. I can assure you that Judas Iscariot thought he was betraying Jesus to make some huge money for himself.
Little did he know that the very idea of betraying his Master and the boldness he mustered to do so were inspired by none but the devil. This is why when he came to himself and saw what he had done, he regretted it so much that he committed suicide. We see that Iscariot was a bad person alright, but betraying Jesus for money was not part of his plans until the devil got involved.
It was the devil who took his greed to the betraying-for-money level. Klassen then suggests that, rather than betraying Jesus to the authorities, Judas was betrayed by those authorities. He did not want to die; he displays no death wish at any point. But he had to hand himself over into the power of those charged with doing the divine will, the religious authorities. This theory relies heavily on the portrayal of Judas in the Gospel of John, which presents a very unflattering portrait of Judas.
Here are some examples:. One problem with this theory that Judas was bad from the beginning is the fact that Jesus chose Judas to be one of his 12 disciples. If Judas truly was evil all along, then:.
See to it yourself. Matthew While Matthew and Mark state simply that Judas went to the authorities to make arrangements for a betrayal, Luke adds a key phrase to the statement which I emphasize below :. The belief that Judas was a legitimate follower of Jesus until he fell under the influence of Satan was maintained by some early church scholars and theologians, such as Origen AD. In his writings, Origen points out that, when Jesus says that one of his disciples would betray him, none of the disciples knew that it was Judas.
This could indicate that Judas had been a good disciple who was loved by his Master. As for Judas being a thief, Origen considers covetousness a critical weakness in Judas, one that Satan may have exploited during Holy Week. Origen argues that, once Jesus was in captivity, Satan left Judas, and the betrayer came to his senses.
His act of repentance was, according to Origen, real and heartfelt. Could a close follower of Jesus become evil for a few days and then come to his senses as quickly as he fell? They desperately wanted to overthrow their oppressors and re-establish their nation.
They needed an anointed king to lead them in this quest. Could it be Jesus? Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment. AT 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. But this is your hour AZ —when darkness reigns.
BC Peter followed at a distance. BD 55 And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. Who hit you? We have heard it from his own lips. All rights reserved worldwide.
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