Marcos 14

Marcos 14

Lenski comments that "Judas would do nothing until he had the money paid down. He intended to run no risks in regard to getting his money later on. The priests were shrewd enough to bind the man by paying him at once; he might otherwise fail them. They ran no risk whatsoever, for they had the power to arrest this man at any time. Judas returned to Jesus with the blood money in his bag." (The Interpretation of St. Luke's Gospel) And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time - Luke 22:6+ adds that after Judas consented he "began seeking a good opportunity to betray Him to them apart from the crowd." Betray (paradidomi) is a key word in Mark 14 where it is used 7 times. Began seeking (same verb used of religious leaders in Mk 14:1+)(2212)(zeteo) making efforts to discover an opening to betray Jesus. The imperfect tense means over and over Judas was watching for a convenient time to betray Jesus.