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10 (A)Then Judas Iscariot, (B)who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests in order to [a]betray Him to them. 11 And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.

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  1. Mark 14:10 Or hand Him over

The Plan to Betray Jesus

10 Then[a] Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands.[b] 11 When they heard this, they were delighted[c] and promised to give him money.[d] So[e] Judas[f] began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

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  1. Mark 14:10 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
  2. Mark 14:10 tn Grk “betray him to them”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Mark 14:11 sn The leaders were delighted when Judas contacted them about betraying Jesus, because it gave them the opportunity they had been looking for, and they could later claim that Jesus had been betrayed by one of his own disciples.
  4. Mark 14:11 sn Matt 26:15 states the amount of money they gave Judas was thirty pieces of silver (see also Matt 27:3-4; Zech 11:12-13).
  5. Mark 14:11 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
  6. Mark 14:11 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Judas) has been specified in the translation for clarity.