Matthew 26:16

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From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

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  • Mark 14:11 : 11 When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.
  • Luke 22:6 : 6 So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.

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  • Luke 22:4-7
    4 verses
    88%

    4He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them.

    5They were delighted and arranged to give him money.

    6So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.

    7The Passover Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

  • Matt 26:14-15
    2 verses
    84%

    14The Plan to Betray Jesus Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

    15and said,“What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

  • Mark 14:10-11
    2 verses
    83%

    10The Plan to Betray Jesus Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands.

    11When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

  • Matt 26:1-4
    4 verses
    78%

    1The Plot Against Jesus When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

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

    3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

    4They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

  • Matt 26:23
    77%

    23He answered,“The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.

  • Matt 26:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve.

    21And while they were eating he said,“I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.”

  • John 13:2
    76%

    2The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, that he should betray Jesus.

  • Matt 26:45-49
    5 verses
    76%

    45Then he came to the disciples and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    46Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

    47Betrayal and Arrest While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

    48(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying,“The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!”)

    49Immediately he went up to Jesus and said,“Greetings, Rabbi,” and kissed him.

  • Mark 14:42-45
    4 verses
    76%

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

    43Betrayal and Arrest Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.

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

    45When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said,“Rabbi!” and kissed him.

  • Matt 26:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17The Passover Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said,“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

    18He said,“Go into the city to a certain man and tell him,‘The Teacher says,“My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house.”’”

  • Mark 14:1
    75%

    1The Plot Against Jesus Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

  • Luke 22:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21A Final Discourse“But look, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table.

    22For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”

    23So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.

  • Matt 27:3
    75%

    3Judas’ Suicide Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,

  • John 13:21
    75%

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

  • Luke 22:47-48
    2 verses
    74%

    47Betrayal and Arrest While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up to Jesus to kiss him.

    48But Jesus said to him,“Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”

  • John 11:53
    74%

    53So from that day they planned together to kill him.

  • Matt 26:25
    73%

    25Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said,“Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus replied,“You have said it yourself.”

  • John 12:4
    73%

    4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples(the one who was going to betray him) said,

  • Mark 14:18
    73%

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

  • Luke 22:2
    73%

    2The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

  • Matt 17:22
    73%

    22Second Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them,“The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.

  • Matt 27:18
    72%

    18(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

  • John 13:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26Jesus replied,“It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish.” Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.

    27And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him,“What you are about to do, do quickly.”

  • Matt 27:1
    71%

    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

  • Mark 14:21
    71%

    21For 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.”

  • Luke 11:54
    71%

    54plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.

  • Mark 15:10
    71%

    10(For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)

  • Mark 3:19
    71%

    19and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

  • John 6:71
    71%

    71(Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for Judas, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.)