Mark wrote how Jesus, “being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble you her? she has wrought a good work on me. For you have the poor with you always, and whensoever you will you may do them good: but me you have not always. She has done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her”, and in chapter fourteen and verse ten of his book, Mark shared how, “Judas Iscariot … went unto the chief priests, to betray Him”, where we read:
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
The verse reads, “And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, ...” Mark began with the word, “And Judas Iscariot” which refers to “Jesus' disciple whose name means he shall be praised and was from Iscariot which means men of Kerioth”, “one of the twelve” which means “a particular and certain one of Jesus' twelve disciples”, “went unto the chief priests” or “departed and left to go to the high priests”. Mark shared how one of Jesus' disciples named “Judas” who was from the “men of Kerioth” left to go see the “high priests”.
The verse goes on to say “... to betray him unto them.” Mark continues with the words, “to betray him” which means “to deliver and give over treacherously Jesus” “unto them” or “to the chief priests”. Mark shared how Judas Iscariot's purpose for going to the “high priests” was to “treacherously deliver Jesus over” to them.
When we think through Mark's words in this verse, we discover the beginning of Jesus' “betrayal” as “Judas Iscariot”, one of Jesus' own disciples”, went to the “chief priests” for the purpose of “betraying” Him. God was aware of these things as they were part of His plan to offer up His Son Jesus as a sacrifice on the cross to pay for the sins of all mankind. Those who are thinking about receiving Him as their personal “Savior and Lord” should consider all Jesus did so they might be with God “forever”. Betraying Jesus should never be upon our minds, and as we see Judas' fate unfold, woe be to anyone who is like him.
Next time we see Mark share how the “chief priests” heard about Judas desiring to betray Jesus, and “they were glad, and promised to give him money”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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