Judas Plans Betrayal
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Date: Final Passover through resurrection appearances. The crucifixion is commonly dated to AD 30 or 33. The closing stop extends through the forty-day appearance period in Acts; the whole group is not one eight-day interval.
Judas, one of the Twelve, offers to hand Jesus over to the chief priests. They agree on payment, and he seeks an opportunity to do so away from the crowd.
Matthew specifies thirty silver pieces; Mark and Luke do not state the amount. Luke speaks of Satan’s involvement, while John later describes Judas’s handling of money; no single motive should be invented as the complete explanation.
Primary Scripture
26:14 Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
26:15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
26:16 So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
14:10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.
14:11 They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
22:3 Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
22:4 And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
22:5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
22:6 Judas consented, and began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them in the absence of a crowd.
Related Scripture
Jesus later uses the psalm’s language of betrayal by a companion at the meal.
Location evidence
The meeting with the chief priests belongs to the Jerusalem narrative; none of these passages identifies the exact place of negotiation.
Event map marker: Identified site; [longitude, latitude] = [35.23494, 31.77744]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Jerusalem: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [35.23494, 31.77744]. Classification source: rule.
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What makes the identification of Judas as one of the Twelve significant?
Interpretation and reuse
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