Mark 14:10 Meaning and Explanation
“And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.”
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What Does Mark 14:10 Mean?
Mark sets the contrast with terrible economy: just after a woman pours out her treasure for Jesus, Judas goes out to sell him. He is named one of the twelve — chosen, taught, sent, a witness of the miracles — and he goes to the chief priests of his own accord, offering what they could not find: access.
The verse refuses to explain Judas, and the silence is sobering. Nearness to Jesus is not the same as love for him; a man can share his table and still hand him over. The plotters needed an insider, and the insider came. It stands as the gravest warning in the Gospels about a heart slowly closing.
Mark 14:10 in the Original Language
paradidomi (παραδίδωμι), 'betray' -- to hand over, to deliver up; the word that tolls all through the passion story.
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What does Mark 14:10 mean?
Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, goes to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.