Bargain of Judas

thumb|Judas making a bargain with the priests, depicted by Duccio, early 14th century thumb|Bargain of Judas, fresco by Lippo Memmi, 14th century The Bargain of Judas is a biblical episode related to the life of Jesus which is recorded in all three Synoptic Gospels, Matthew 26:14–16 NIV, Mark 14:10–11 NIV and Luke 22:1–6 NIV. It relates how Judas Iscariot made a bargain with the Jewish chief priests to betray Jesus. Quotes about Old Testament 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. Book of Zechariah 11:12 KJV. New Testament Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 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. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. Gospel of Matthew 26:14-16 KJV And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. Gospel of Mark 14:10-11 KJV. Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. Gospel of Luke 22:1-6 KJV. Others At present, however, after recording how the Lord rose from supper and washed the disciples' feet, and after telling us also the reason why the Lord dealt thus with them, in expressing which He had intimated, although still obscurely, and by the use of a testimony of Scripture, the fact that He was being betrayed by the man who was to eat of His bread, at this point John comes to the section in question, which the other three evangelists also unite in introducing. He presents it thus: 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. Then the disciples looked (as the same John subjoins) one on another, doubting of whom He spoke. And (as Matthew and Mark tell us) they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto Him, Is it I? And He answered and said (as Matthew proceeds to state), He that dips his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. Matthew also goes on to make the following addition to the preceding: The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of Him; but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born. Mark, too, is at one with him here as regards both the words themselves and the order of narration. Then Matthew continues thus: Then Judas, which betrayed Him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said to him, You have said. Even these words did not say explicitly whether he was himself the man. For the sentence still admits of being understood as if its point was this, I am not the person who has said so. All this, too, may quite easily have been uttered by Judas and answered by the Lord without its being noticed by all the others. Saint Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels, Book III, Ch. I -Of the Method in Which the Four Evangelists are Shown to Be at One in the Accounts Given of the Lord's Supper and the Indication of His Betrayer, n°. 2, as Translated by S.D.F. Salmond. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 6. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. Reported in newadvent.org. 3. After this, Matthew proceeds to insert the mystery of His body and blood, as it was committed then by the Lord to the disciples. Here Mark and Luke act correspondingly. But after He had handed the cup to them, [we find that] He spoke again concerning His betrayer, in terms which Luke recounts, when he says, But, behold, the hand of him that betrays me is with me on the table. And truly the Son of man goes as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom He shall be betrayed. At this point we must now suppose that to come in which is narrated by John while these others omit it, just as John has also passed by certain matters which they have detailed. In accordance with this, after the giving of the cup, and after the Lord's subsequent saying which has been brought in by Luke, — namely, But, behold, the hand of him that betrays me is with me on the table, etc., — the statement made by John is [to be taken as immediately] subjoined. It is to the following effect: Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, Who is he of whom He speaks? He then, when he had laid himself on Jesus' breast, says unto Him, Lord, who is it? 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, the son of Simon [of] Scarioth. And after the sop Satan then entered into him. Saint Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels, Book III, Ch. I -Of the Method in Which the Four Evangelists are Shown to Be at One in the Accounts Given of the Lord's Supper and the Indication of His Betrayer, n°. 3, as Translated by S.D.F. Salmond. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 6. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1888.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. Reported in newadvent.org. See also Last Supper Denial of Peter Restoration of Peter External links Category:Biblical episodes