“While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

John 17:12 NASB – High Priestly Prayer of Christ Jesus

Judas vs. Jesus

We have entered Gethsemane with Jesus and eleven of the Apostles.

Jesus – The Last Prayers of Gethsemane

As Jesus prayed to our Father God they fell asleep.

Protect them from the evil one

Jesus had acknowledged in His High Priestly Prayer that Judas, who had left the upper room quickly, was not included in His protection.

John 18: Judas betrays Jesus

2 Now Judas also, who was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

4 So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and said to them,

“Whom do you seek?”

They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

He said to them,

“I am He.”

6 So when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground. Therefore He again asked them,

“Whom do you seek?”

And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,” to fulfill the word which He spoke, “Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one.”

Observation by an awakened Apostle John, witness to this sad scene and seeing Jesus’ betrayer leading the lantern-lit faces into Gethsemane:

And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.

The Beginning of the End

Now we turn the page to focus on Judas, the son of perdition (a description long forgotten) and how evil enters into those professing Jesus as their Master and Teacher and Lord.

John adds additional detail to the beginning of the dark night, while Matthew and others witness Jesus’ betrayal from their perspectives.

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