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The Betrayal by Judas. 14 (A)Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,[a] went to the chief priests 15 [b](B)and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver, 16 and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.

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  1. 26:14 Iscariot: see note on Lk 6:16.
  2. 26:15 The motive of avarice is introduced by Judas’s question about the price for betrayal, which is absent in the Marcan source (Mk 14:10–11). Hand him over: the same Greek verb is used to express the saving purpose of God by which Jesus is handed over to death (cf. Mt 17:22; 20:18; 26:2) and the human malice that hands him over. Thirty pieces of silver: the price of the betrayal is found only in Matthew. It is derived from Zec 11:12 where it is the wages paid to the rejected shepherd, a cheap price (Zec 11:13). That amount is also the compensation paid to one whose slave has been gored by an ox (Ex 21:32).

The Betrayal by Judas. 10 (A)Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went off to the chief priests to hand him over to them. 11 When they heard him they were pleased and promised to pay him money. Then he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.

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The devil had already induced[a] Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over. So, during supper,(A)

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  1. 13:2 Induced: literally, “The devil put into the heart that Judas should hand him over.”

27 After he took the morsel, Satan entered him. So Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”(A)

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