John 13:18-30
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Illustration-famous traitors
Illustration-famous traitors
“I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
Keep in mind the context of this passage.
Jesus is just hours from His betrayal, his trial, and his death and He knows that.
Now He is meeting with all of His disciples in the upper room to prepare them for what is about to take place.
Jesus has just stooped way low, and he has washed every one of His disciples’ feet.
He did this to provide them with an example to follow regarding service and love to each other.
They are to look at the service he did for them, and it is to be an example to follow with their love for each other and their service to one another.
But also, bear in mind who all is present.
You have:
Peter- The Rock. His named is mentioned in the new testament far more than any other disciple.
Andrew- disciple of John the Baptist and the first follower of Jesus.
James- One of the three in the Garden of Gethsemane but definitely the quietest . Son of Zebedee and John’s brother and one of the “Sons of Thunder” because of their passion and zeal for the Lord Jesus Christ. he was the first disciple martyred and the only disciple to have his martyrdom recorded in Scripture.
John- The disciple Jesus loved. also part of the inner three. Author of the book we are currently in as well as 123 John and Revelation.
Philip- a confident of the Greeks seeking Jesus. A passionate evangelizer
Nathanial- of whom Jesus said
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
Matthew- the tax collector and the writer of our first gospel.
Thomas- the doubter and yet the one who cries out in My Lord and My God.
James the lesser- Don’t know all too much about this James, but we can assume that he was a faithful follower of Christ stoned to death in Jerusalem for His faith.
Simon- the political activist. One who having been redeemed, was now as zealous for Christ more so than he ever was for His country.
Jude or Judas son of James- inquired of Jesus in as to how Jesus would reveal Himself to the world.
And then there is Judas Iscariot.
He is the traitor.
The thief.
The one who kissed the one he betrayed.
The failure.
The hopeless suicidal.
Outside of the inner three, probably the most famous of all the disciples.
John macarthur says of Judas:
“The other eleven apostles are all great encouragements to us because they exemplify how common people with typical failings can be used by God in uncommon, remarkable ways. Judas, on the other hand, stands as a warning about the evil potential of spiritual carelessness, squandered opportunity, sinful lusts, and hardness of the heart. Here was a man who drew as close to the Savior as it is humanly possible to be. He enjoyed every privilege Christ affords. He was intimately familiar with everything Jesus taught. Yet he remained in unbelief and went into a hopeless eternity.”
https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/who-were-the-12-disciples-and-what-should-we-know-about-them.html
Those are the disciples who are present.
And Judas Iscariot is the one who Jesus has in mind when he speaks in verse 18.
“I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
This is not the first time Jesus has warned of their being one in their midst who is not of them.
Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.
Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?” Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.
Now in verse 17, when he speaks of the blessing that will come to the disciples, he makes sure to mention the fact that one of them will not be the recipient of said blessings.
But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said,
We should take note here. Jesus doesn'’ sugar coat.
God is a God of truth and the truth is that Judas will not be a recipient of the blessing that Christ is speaking of in verse 17.
“I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
Jesus here says that he know the ones who he has chosen.
In other words, he is not taken by surprise that Judas has suddenly turned against Him.
He isn’t caught off guard that one of the ones he chose as a disciple will choose to betray him for 30 pieces of silver.
In fact, this was foreknown and planned from the very beginning.
He says here that the Scripture must be fulfilled.
Jesus here quotes from , to show that what was happening, was in accordance with the Scriptures.
This is an all important reality. If Jesus can be taken off guard, then he isn’t God.
But this passage does not give us a picture of Jesus who is surprised, but of Jesus who is God and knows absolutely every detail of the betrayal and the betrayer.
Judas is partaking of the supper with Jesus as a friend, but in his heart, he has lifted up his heel so as to crush Jesus.
Again, Jesus knows this.
Look in verse 19.
“From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.
Jesus continues to speak, explaining why he is telling the disciples that one of them will betray Him.
Jesus wants to let the disciples know who is in control of the situation.
The tendency for them will be to think poor Jesus when He drug away by the Sanhedrin.
When he is spat upon by members of the court and the crowd.
When he is beaten.
When He is nailed to the cross.
When His clothes are divided and gambled over.
And when He dies.
Their obvious tendency is to think of Jesus as a hapless victim, but that is far from the case.
Jesus here tells them what is going to happen.
But why?
So that when it does occur, you may know that I am he.
Every prophecy and foretelling that Jesus would utter would come true and it would serve to solidify and validate who Jesus was in the minds of his disciples.
“The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”
And again He reminds them that receiving Him is receiving the Father.
While also reminding them that rejection of Him is rejection of the Father.
When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me.” The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.
Now Jesus will begin to explain specifically what Judas will do as His betrayer.
But this troubles Jesus in His Spirit.
Imagine, one of the men you have spent the majority of your time with over the past three years has turned against and has come under the power of Satan.
Now Jesus knows this. Again, Jesus knows who he chose. He has just said that, but the fact that one of His own.
Judas a recipient of more of Christ than any other person other than the other 11 is going to be the one to betray Him.
He wasn’t one of the crowd. He was one of the chosen twelve.
He was present for most if not all of the miracles.
He had seen the storms calmed, the blind restored their sight, the lame walking, and most recently, he had been served by Jesus by having His own dirty feet washed.
Listen to His heart.
“One of you will betray me.”
Now, do they realize to the extent of the betrayal? I am not so sure.
They certainly aren’t sure of who it would be.
Who of them would do such a thing?
Again, these are men who had walked together.
They had preached together. They shared meals together, storms together. They had witnessed miracles together.
They really do not understand.
The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.
This tells us a couple things.
It fits the way of Satan.
Even in the Garden, the one who Satan enters is the craftiest beast of the field.
Here, even the closest followers of Christ can’t recognize the phony act of the betrayer.
This is the same with false teachers and false prophets today
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
Judas fits the mold. He is the fake Christian. he is a wasted opportunity. He is the false teacher. He is the hypocrite.
Judas has already began to conceal himself and has done a great job of hiding his private plan.
Judas can now rush to complete His sinful wretched plan.
Or, He can repent and beg for forgiveness for even thinking of such a plan.
They don’t know but Jesus does. He knows everything. And the reason we see Him troubled is because His omniscience in His deity collides with the emotions of His humanity. It troubles Him that one of His closest will trade Him away at the cost of a servant.
There was reclining on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. So Simon Peter gestured to him, and said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking.” He, leaning back thus on Jesus’ bosom, said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”
There was reclining on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
Inquiring minds want to know.
John is believed to be the disciple who Jesus loved.
Peter has to know.
Who is it? Lord.
This again shows us just how well Judas had disguised himself.
They really don’t know.
We picture Judas as someone that we could easily recognize as a fake, but keep in mind the Gospels were written after all this happened.
they wouldn’t have had a clue.
But Jesus is about to let them know and even then, they still do not get it.
Jesus then answered, “That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the morsel, He took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
Jesus in an act of love for Judas and yet in an act of divine judgment, reveals the traitor.
He gave the bread to Judas.
This wasn’t uncommon.
Jesus is the host, his disciples, his honored guest, and judas received the first morsel of bread.
One writer said this about this moment:
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to John 2. Jesus Predicts His Betrayal (13:18–30)
And that final act of love becomes, with a terrible immediacy, the decisive movement of judgment. At this moment we are witnessing the climax of that action of sifting, of separation, of judgment which has been the central theme in John’s account of the public ministry of Jesus … (3:16–19). So the final gesture of affection precipitates the final surrender of Judas to the power of darkness. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has neither understood it nor mastered it
The Pillar New Testament Commentary: The Gospel according to John 2. Jesus Predicts His Betrayal (13:18–30)
So the final gesture of affection precipitates the final surrender of Judas to the power of darkness. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has neither understood it nor mastered it.
Every act of love that Jesus has done for and around Judas has served to push him further and further away those he appeared to be as close as the rest.
But Judas, though close is far away.
listen to what happens.
After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
“Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel And who came forth from the loins of Judah, Who swear by the name of the Lord And invoke the God of Israel, But not in truth nor in righteousness. “For they call themselves after the holy city And lean on the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is His name.
Isaiah 48:1-
Satan enters into Judas.
Here is how we know Judas was never genuine.
This
For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
We have been rescued from the domain of darkness, never to return again.
Judas was a fake. And now he is thoroughly possessed by Satan and will carry out the most sinful plan ever hatched in the mind of a single man.
but We also learn here that Jesus is absolute control.
Jesus makes the command.
What you do. Do it quickly.
Jesus knows what is on his mind and He commands him concerning what to do and when to do it.
Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him. For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we have need of for the feast”; or else, that he should give something to the poor. So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and it was night.
It was night. Was it ever night? It was night forever, and Judas would never see another daylight, and has never seen light since. He is in outer darkness forever. The day is gone. The night has come. Eternal night fell on Judas. Just an incalculable disaster. It was over. His life in this world. But it will never be over in the world that he went to. Weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, forever. If there’s anybody in hell who has extreme remorse, it has to be him. What is hell? It is a place. It is a place of regret, and the more you have to regret, the more torturous it would be. And he has more to regret than anybody.
The first time, He is troubled because he sees the pain of death th