MARK 14:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.”
They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over — the delighted response of the chief priests communicates that Judas's offer solves their primary problem: arrest away from the crowds. The money (thirty silver coins in Matthew) is promised; the watching for an opportunity begins. The handing over (paradidōmi) is the passion's central verb — the same word used for the Son of Man being handed over in the passion predictions.
Church Fathers on Mark 14:11
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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