Matthew 26:2

26:2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over ¹  to be crucified.” ² 

Matthew 26:14-16

The Plan to Betray Jesus

26:14 Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 26:15 and said, “What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” ³  So they set out thirty silver coins for him. 26:16 From that time ⁴  on, Judas ⁵  began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

Psalms 55:12-14

55:12 Indeed, ⁶  it is not an enemy who insults me,

or else I could bear it;

it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, ⁷ 

or else I could hide from him.

55:13 But it is you, ⁸  a man like me, ⁹ 

my close friend in whom I confided. ¹⁰ 

55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; ¹¹ 

in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.

John 6:70-71

6:70 Jesus replied, ¹²  “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?” ¹³  6:71 (Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, ¹⁴  for Judas, ¹⁵  one of the twelve, was going to betray him.) ¹⁶ 

John 13:21

13:21 When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed ¹⁷  in spirit, and testified, ¹⁸  “I tell you the solemn truth, ¹⁹  one of you will betray me.” ²⁰ 

Hebrews 4:13

4:13 And no creature is hidden from God, ²¹  but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

Revelation 2:23

2:23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers ²²  with a deadly disease, ²³  and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay ²⁴  each one of you ²⁵  what your deeds deserve. ²⁶ 

[26:2]  ¹ tn Or “will be delivered up.”

[26:2]  ² sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[26:15]  ³ tn Grk “What will you give to me, and I will betray him to you?”

[26:16]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Judas) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[55:12]  ⁶ tn Or “for.”

[55:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “[who] magnifies against me.” See Pss 35:26; 38:16.

[55:13]  ⁸ sn It is you. The psalmist addresses the apparent ringleader of the opposition, an individual who was once his friend.

[55:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “a man according to my value,” i.e., “a person such as I.”

[55:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my close friend, one known by me.”

[55:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “who together we would make counsel sweet.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the ongoing nature of the actions (the so-called customary use of the imperfect). Their relationship was characterized by such intimacy and friendship. See IBHS 502-3 §31.2b.

[6:70]  ¹² tn Grk “Jesus answered them.”

[6:70]  ¹³ tn Although most translations render this last phrase as “one of you is a devil,” such a translation presupposes that there is more than one devil. This finds roots in the KJV in which the Greek word for demon was often translated “devil.” In fact, the KJV never uses the word “demon.” (Sixty-two of the 63 NT instances of δαιμόνιον [daimonion] are translated “devil” [in Acts 17:18 the plural has been translated “gods”]. This can get confusing in places where the singular “devil” is used: Is Satan or one of the demons in view [cf. Matt 9:33 (demon); 13:39 (devil); 17:18 (demon); Mark 7:26 (demon); Luke 4:2 (devil); etc.]?) Now regarding John 6:70, both the construction in Greek and the technical use of διάβολος (diabolos) indicate that the one devil is in view. To object to the translation “the devil” because it thus equates Judas with Satan does not take into consideration that Jesus often spoke figuratively (e.g., “destroy this temple” [John 2:19]; “he [John the Baptist] is Elijah” [Matt 11:14]), even equating Peter with the devil on one occasion (Mark 8:33). According to ExSyn 249, “A curious phenomenon has occurred in the English Bible with reference to one particular monadic noun, διάβολος. The KJV translates both διάβολος and δαιμόνιον as ‘devil.’ Thus in the AV translators’ minds, ‘devil’ was not a monadic noun. Modern translations have correctly rendered δαιμόνιον as ‘demon’ and have, for the most part, recognized that διάβολος is monadic (cf., e.g., 1 Pet 5:8; Rev 20:2). But in John 6:70 modern translations have fallen into the error of the King James translators. The KJV has ‘one of you is a devil.’ So does the RSV, NRSV, ASV, NIV, NKJV, and the JB [Jerusalem Bible]. Yet there is only one devil…The legacy of the KJV still lives on, then, even in places where it ought not.”

[6:71]  ¹⁴ sn At least six explanations for the name Iscariot have been proposed, but it is probably transliterated Hebrew with the meaning “man of Kerioth” (there are at least two villages that had that name). See D. A. Carson, John, 304.

[6:71]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “this one”; the referent (Judas) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:71]  ¹⁶ sn This parenthetical statement by the author helps the reader understand Jesus’ statement one of you is the devil in the previous verse. This is the first mention of Judas in the Fourth Gospel, and he is immediately identified (as he is in the synoptic gospels, Matt 10:4, Mark 3:19, Luke 6:16) as the one who would betray Jesus.

[13:21]  ¹⁷ tn Or “greatly troubled.”

[13:21]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “and testified and said.”

[13:21]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[13:21]  ²⁰ tn Or “will hand me over.”

[4:13]  ²¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23]  ²² tn Grk “her children,” but in this context a reference to this woman’s followers or disciples is more likely meant.

[2:23]  ²³ tn Grk “I will kill with death.” θάνατος (qanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).

[2:23]  ²⁴ tn Grk “I will give.” The sense of δίδωμι (didwmi) in this context is more “repay” than “give.”

[2:23]  ²⁵ sn This pronoun and the following one are plural in the Greek text.

[2:23]  ²⁶ tn Grk “each one of you according to your works.”