MARK 14:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.”
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them — the juxtaposition is deliberate: the anointing woman follows immediately by Judas's betrayal. One gave everything; one sells the one who gave everything. One of the Twelve — the repeated identification of Judas as one of the Twelve marks the betrayal's depth. Judas is not an outsider or an enemy but one of the inner circle, one of the chosen twelve, one who was sent out with authority to heal and preach.
Church Fathers on Mark 14:10
The unhappy Judas wishes to compensate with the price of his Master for the loss which he thought he had made by the pouring out of the ointment.
But he was one of the twelve in number, not in merit, one in body, not in soul. But he went to the Chief Priests after he went out and Satan entered into him. Every living thing unites with what is like itself.
It is said, to 'betray him unto them', that is, to announce to them when He should be alone. But they feared to rush upon Him when He was teaching, for fear of the people.
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