Judas the Traitor

Four characters together for supper … John 12:1-11

• Earlier messages in this series....
• Martha the Meticulous -- and Maturing!
• Mary the Meditative
• Lazarus the Living

• Ancestry? --Limited info:  Son of Simon- John 6:71; 13:26
• Occupation?
• Religious background?
• Skills?
• Relationship with Jewish leaders?

Judas the Traitor...Source of the name?

• Matt 1:2-3
• 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
• 3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
• Two of the TWELVE were named "Judas"

Judas the Traitor...Judas as a name in the Book of Acts

• Acts 1:13 The "other" Judas, in the 12
• Acts 1:16, 25 Judas Iscariot, betrayer
• Acts 5:37 Gamaliel’s reference to a rebel named Judas
• Acts 9:11 Judas’ house, Saul was there
• Acts 15:22, 27, 32 Judas Barsabbas aids Paul and Barnabas; becomes colleague with Silas

Judas the Traitor...Predictions of his role

• Ps 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
• Ps 109:2-8
• 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
• 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
• 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
• 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
• 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
• 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
• 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
• Zech 11:12-13
• 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
• 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
• Compare Jeremiah 32:6-9 referenced in Mt 27:9

Judas the Traitor...Two "Judas" disciples in the 12??

• Luke 6:16  And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
• Matt 10:3  Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; 4  Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
• Also Thaddaeus in Mark 3:18
• Acts 1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

• John 14:21-22
• 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
• 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

Judas the Traitor...Three ?? disciples named "Judas"

• Matt 13:54-55
• 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
• 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

Judas the Traitor...What do the scriptures say?

• John 6:68-71 (Chronological, more or less)
• 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
• 69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
• 70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
• 71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

Judas the Traitor...John 12:3-6

• John 12:3 Mary therefore took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
• 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,
• 5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to poor people?"
• 6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.

Judas the Traitor...Matthew 26:13-15

• Matt 26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
• 14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
• 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
• Compare Mark 14:10 and Luke 22:3

Judas the Traitor...John 13:1-2

• John 13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
• 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;

Judas the Traitor...John 13:21; 25-26

• John 13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
• 25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
• 26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

Judas the Traitor...Matthew 26:23-25

• 23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
• 24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
• 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

Judas the Traitor...John 13:27-29

• 27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
• 28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
• 29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

Judas the Traitor...John 18:1-3 (Mark 14:33; Matt. 26:47)

• 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
• 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
• 3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Judas the Traitor...Matthew 27:3-5

• 3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
• 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
• 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
• 6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
• 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
• 8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
• 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
• 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.

Judas the Traitor...Matthew 27:6-8

• 6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
• 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
• 8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
• 9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
• 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.

Judas the Traitor..."Worldly sorrow unto death.."

• 2 Cor 7:8-9
• 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
• 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
• 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

• Godly sorrow leads to repentance
• Worldly sorrow leads to despair and death
• A comparison to of "Godly sorrow" (Peter) and "worldly sorrow" in the next installment!