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Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

22 The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is also called Passover, was approaching. The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people’s reaction.

Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples, and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted, and they promised to give him money. So he agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus so they could arrest him when the crowds weren’t around.

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The Plot to Kill Jesus(A)

22 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near. So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the crowd.

But Satan went into Judas called Iscariot, who belonged to the circle[a] of the Twelve. So he went off and discussed with the high priests and the Temple police how he could betray Jesus[b] to them. They were delighted, and agreed to give him money. Judas[c] accepted their offer and began to look for a good opportunity to betray Jesus[d] to them when no crowd was present.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 22:3 Lit. number
  2. Luke 22:4 Lit. him
  3. Luke 22:6 Lit. He
  4. Luke 22:6 Lit. him