Throughout the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly predicted that He would be betrayed e. John During this scene, John records that the devil had already prompted Judas to betray Jesus. The Bible does not state why Judas did what he did. Many were looking for a strong political leader in a Messiah , and Jesus was not what they expected.
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 We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.
He is a central figure in Christianity and is emulated as the incarnation of God by many Christians all over the world. Apostle Saint Mark was one of Christ's 70 disciples, one of the four evangelists and the traditional author of the second Gospel, The Book of Mark. The only motive shown in scripture is greed, but the gospels also say that Judas was possessed by Satan, and acted as he did to fulfil prophecies.
A range of other reasons, most of which make Judas seem less blameworthy, are also worth looking at. Three of the gospels say that Judas went of his own accord to the authorities and asked them to pay him for betraying Jesus:.
Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, 'What will you give me if I betray him to you? And from that moment he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.
When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give him money. So he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve; he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers of the temple police about how he might betray him to them.
They were greatly pleased and agreed to give him money. So he consented and began to look for an opportunity to betray him to them when no crowd was present. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples the one who was about to betray him , said, 'Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?
The Victorian art critic John Ruskin argues that Judas was not only greedy and dishonest, but stupid as well, and that is why he acted as he did:. We do great injustice to Iscariot, in thinking him wicked above all common wickedness. He was only a common money-lover, and, like all money-lovers, did not understand Christ;-could not make out the worth of Him, or meaning of Him. He never thought He would be killed.
He was horror-struck when he found that Christ would be killed; threw his money away instantly, and hanged himself. Judas was a common, selfish, muddle-headed, pilfering fellow; his hand always in the bag of the poor, not caring for them. Helpless to understand Christ, he yet believed in Him, much more than most of us do; had seen Him do miracles, thought He was quite strong enough to shift for Himself, and he, Judas, might as well make his own little bye-perquisites out of the affair.
Christ would come out of it well enough, and he have his thirty pieces. Both Luke and John say that Judas was possessed by the Devil and imply that this was a reason for his behaviour. Luke seems to suggest that Judas' actions may have been entirely the result of this possession; that he was, in effect, carrying out Satan's wishes:.
John, on the other hand, suggests that Judas was a bad man before Satan entered him to inspire the final betrayal:. For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. Yet one of you is a devil. Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, 'Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me. One of his disciples-the one whom Jesus loved-was reclining next to him; Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking.
So while reclining next to Jesus, he asked him, 'Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, 'It is the one to whom I give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.
After he received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. You might think that if Satan had taken over Judas, then he is not to blame for his actions; Jesus did not think that way:. The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!
It would have been better for that one not to have been born. I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is to fulfil the scripture, 'The one who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me. While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled.
This doesn't provide a motive for Judas' action, and although some say that it explains why Judas had to do what he did, others argue that Judas, like all human beings, had free will, and could have chosen not to do it. Another theory says that if Judas had not betrayed Jesus the Crucifixion would not have taken place, there would have been no Resurrection and the founding events of Christianity would not have occurred. This isn't necessarily true: all Judas does is enable the authorities to find Jesus at a particular time and place - and given Jesus' very public actions during the preceding days the authorities should have had little difficulty in apprehending him without the help of Judas.
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