Money Promised to Judas - Mark 14:11

Mark wrote how, “Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray” Jesus “unto them”, and in chapter fourteen and verse eleven of his book, Mark shared when the “chief priests” heard that Judas wanted to betray Jesus, “they were glad, and promised to give him money”, where we read:

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money.

And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

The verse reads, “And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money.” Mark began with the word, “and when” which means “and at the time and moment” “they heard it” which means “the chief priests were given the faculty for hearing, perceived, understood and discerned that Judas was attempting to betray Jesus”, “they were glad or “the chief priests rejoiced exceedingly”, “and promised” which means “and vowed, announced and engaged voluntarily” “to give him money” or “to grant, bestow, furnish and supply Judas with compensation”. Mark shared how the “high priests” rejoiced exceedingly when they heard that Judas wanted to “betray” Jesus, and they vowed to pay him for delivering Jesus over to them.

The verse continues, “And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.” Mark added the words, “and he sought” which means “and Judas looked for and craved” “how he might conveniently betray him” or “in what way and manner Judas himself could find an opportunity or season when he could deliver Jesus over to them”. Mark shared how Judas began to “seek for” an opportunity to “deliver” Jesus over to the “high priests”.

When we consider Mark's words in this verse, we see how Judas not only filled the “high priests” with joy over the idea of Jesus being “betrayed” to them, but He also purposefully looked for the right opportunity to carry out the act. All these things were in alignment with God's plan for the “salvation” of man. People sinned, and Jesus was to save them from those sins by dying upon the cross because “sin” separated them from a relationship with God. To refuse and reject Jesus as the “Savior and Lord” of the world is to “betray” Him once again, and those who do not yield their lives to Jesus should pay particular attention to what happened with Judas after he committed his betraying work.

Next time we see Mark share how Jesus' disciples asked Him, “Where will you that we go and prepare that you may eat the passover?”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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