“This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.”
He did not say this because he cared about the poor. It was because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it — John's editorial comment explains Judas's true motivation: greed and theft, not concern for the poor. His role as keeper of the disciples' common purse (ho glossokomon, money bag) gave him access to funds, which he apparently stole. This characterization deepens the portrait of Judas as internally corrupted before his explicit betrayal.
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