Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

⁴ Simon the Cananaean and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him.^(A)

³ Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve;^{(A) 4} he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers of the temple police about how he might betray him to them. ⁵ They were greatly pleased and agreed to give him money.^{(B) 6} So he consented and began to look for an opportunity to betray him to them when no crowd was present.

³⁰ So, after receiving the piece of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.

² The devil had already decided^[a] that Judas son of Simon Iscariot would betray Jesus. And during supper^(A)

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁰ Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.^{(A) 11} 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.

¹⁶ “Brothers and sisters,^[a] the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus,^(A)

² Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place because Jesus often met there with his disciples.^(A)

⁴ But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said,

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”^{(A) 71} He was speaking of Judas son of Simon Iscariot,^[a] for he, though one of the twelve, was going to betray him.