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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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22 Now de the ho Festival heortē of ho Unleavened azymos Bread , which ho is called legō the Passover pascha, was drawing near engizō. · kai The ho chief priests archiereus and kai the ho scribes grammateus were looking zēteō for a way ho how pōs they might put anaireō Jesus autos to death , for gar they were afraid phobeomai of the ho people laos. Then de Satan Satanas entered eiserchomai into eis Judas Ioudas, the ho one called kaleō Iscariot Iskariōtēs, who was eimi of ek the ho number arithmos of the ho twelve dōdeka. · kai He went aperchomai and conferred syllaleō with the ho chief archiereus priests and kai officers stratēgos about ho how pōs he might deliver up paradidōmi Jesus autos to them autos. · kai They were delighted chairō and kai decided syntithēmi to give didōmi him autos money argyrion. · kai He agreed exomologeomai and kai began looking zēteō for an opportunity eukairia to ho deliver paradidōmi him autos up to them autos in the absence ater of a crowd ochlos.

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