Judas in the Four Gospels

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Chapter 14

Judas Agrees to Hand Over Jesus
1: It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him;
2: for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people."
***10: Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.
11: And when they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Jesus Predicts His Death (The Last Supper)
12: And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the passover?"
13: And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him,
14: and wherever he enters, say to the householder, `The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?'
15: And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us." 16: And the disciples set out and went to the city, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the passover.
17: And when it was evening he came with the twelve.
18: And as they were at table eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."
19: They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one after another, "Is it I?"
20: He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me.
21: For the Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born."

Judas Identifies Jesus with a Kiss
43: And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
44: Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and lead him away under guard."
45: And when he came, he went up to him at once, and said, "Master!" And he kissed him.
46: And they laid hands on him and seized him.

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