Mark 14:10-11

The Plan to Betray Jesus

14:10 Then ¹  Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands. ²  14:11 When they heard this, they were delighted ³  and promised to give him money. ⁴  So ⁵  Judas ⁶  began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

Mark 14:18

14:18 While they were at the table ⁷  eating, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, ⁸  one of you eating with me will betray me.” ⁹ 

Mark 14:21

14:21 For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

Mark 14:42

14:42 Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer ¹⁰  is approaching!”

Mark 14:44

14:44 (Now the betrayer ¹¹  had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.”) ¹² 

[14:10]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:10]  ² tn Grk “betray him to them”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:11]  ³ sn The leaders were delighted when Judas contacted them about betraying Jesus, because it gave them the opportunity they had been looking for, and they could later claim that Jesus had been betrayed by one of his own disciples.

[14:11]  ⁴ sn Matt 26:15 states the amount of money they gave Judas was thirty pieces of silver (see also Matt 27:3-4; Zech 11:12-13).

[14:11]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

[14:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Judas) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “while they were reclined at the table.”

[14:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[14:18]  ⁷ tn Or “will hand me over”; Grk “one of you will betray me, the one who eats with me.”

[14:42]  ⁷ tn Grk “the one who betrays me.”

[14:44]  ⁹ tn Grk “the one who betrays him.”

[14:44]  ¹⁰ sn This remark is parenthetical within the narrative and has thus been placed in parentheses.