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Introduction
Theme: Jesus’s weakness; Judas’s betrayal into the night.
The stumbling stone of Jesus Christ and His cross is that Jesus was supposed to be a strong, victorious, triumphant military hero, as far as the people were concerned.
The Jews had taught for centuries that the Messiah would conquer the Gentiles and restore Israel to a place of prominence among the nations.
The Messiah was supposed to be the victor over the world and bring in the blessings of Abraham.
AND, the Pharisees and other religious leaders would co-reign with Messiah.
This is why the sons of Zebedee were arguing about who will sit at the right and the left of the messiah in the kingdom.
But, the plan of God, even though taught in the Law, Psalms, and Prophets, was that the Messiah would come in weakness, foolishness in the eyes of man, and He would be temporarily defeated at the hands of the Gentiles.
The Announcement of the Son-v.21
The Ignorance of the Disciples - vv. 22-26
The Entrance of the Enemy - v.27
The Exit of the Traitor - vv.28-30
v.21-The Announcement of the Son
“(Jesus) became troubled in spirit…”
Herod:
Jesus:
What troubled Him?
The thought of Judas’s betrayal into the night.
Then, the thought of what series of events that will produce.
NOTE:
Jesus goes on to say to the disciples,
How can Jesus be troubled in spirit and then tell His disciples to ”not be troubled”?
This gives us some insight into leadership in the church.
Jesus’s trouble was unique to the Son of God.
The disciples have no sense of that level of weight of experience.
Just as today, many want to assume that leaders are just like the followers.
People don’t know the load that leaders carry.
They don’t have the commitments that leaders have.
They have not given up what leaders have given up in order to carry the organization, the church, the family, nor the nation.
But, today, the ignorant and immature believe that authority is the evil in the world and, therefore, if they can abolish authority the world will be a better place.
However, what they don’t know is that God is the ultimate authority and when they want to abolish authority they, in their hearts, want to abolish God!!!
See Korah’s rebellion:
Korah, a son of Levi, gathered 250 renowned men, other leaders of the congregation, and approached Moses in order to stop him from his leadership.
Moses put those men, and especially Korah, to the test.
They accuse Moses of their being in the wilderness, when, in fact, they were there because of the rebellious unfaithfulness years before.
Korah and those who followed him are judged by God.
However, the influence of Korah, the rebellious complainer, caused an effect that went beyond the death of Korah and his friends and family.
Complainers draw out of people eyes of jealousy and self-entitlement.
This is why complaining is a sin.
The disciples are watching their Lord and Master suffer silently.
“…Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me.”
Remember, Jesus not only know this, but, in fact, determined this before even choosing Judas.
Remember, this betrayal was first displayed from heaven by Satan himself:
Every betrayal in history is a reflection of this first betrayal by Satan.
v.22 The Ignorance of the Disciples (-v.26)
“The disciples began looking at one another...”
Consider some other things Jesus said to these men.
I want to make a point out of this because these men, sincere as they were, at least as far as they could be, were clueless about their own weakness.
The contrast is stark!!
Jesus:
Disciples:
Do not be surprised when a friend, a familiar Christian, is found out to be a traitor to Christ.
He/she will be one who will be shocked when anyone is suspicious of them.
He/she will defy the accusation that their commitment to Christ is not what it should be.
He/she will, at some point, though, demonstrate their true colors....given enough time.
Until they are found out, however, they will blend in and they will be/pretend to be just as shocked that they might betray Christ as anyone else would be.
The reality is, people around that person will not suspect them because they are caught up in their own selfishness and distractions of life.
The spiritually mature, those who are humble, spiritually-minded, obedient, will see these things and will be cautious around these kinds of people.
v.23
John was leaning into Jesus’s bosom, chest.
This is the first time the term “whom Jesus loved...” is used of John the Apostle.
John seems to be referring to himself here as one whom Jesus loved, in spite of the prediction in Matthew, Mark, and Luke that all of these men will fall away from Him that night.
John is the one whom Jesus loved even though John would not love Him with the same conviction and commitment.
v.24
Natural inquisitiveness.
Jesus did not say who it was and appears to not be telling who it was who would betray Him, without this prodding.
“Gestured...” = motion with his head or hand.
This act is an act of “inquiring,” asking of something or someone.
Peter was always one to ask questions.
v.25
The position of John made it easy to “whisper” to Jesus this question.
The answer, then, would only be heard by John, Jesus, and possibly, Judas.
v.26
In this act, Jesus identifies who it is who will betray Him.
None of the other disciples, we assume, understand what is happening.
The morsel is a small portion of food, bread, that is used as a common meal.
It would have been part of the meal, possibly before the main portion of the meal.
Bit, this act would have been understood by all the men there as a demonstration of honoring the guest of honor.
Jesus would have been the host.
Judas would have been the guest of honor.
v.27 The Entrance of the Enemy
The morsel was the ”sign” that Jesus was giving to John to identify the betrayer.
With that sign, it was necessary to leave and begin the God-ordained “hour” for the Son to suffer.
The enemy had already entered Judas once before.
v.28 The Exit of the Traitor (-v.30)
Even though Jesus identified Judas, none of the other disciples knew it was Judas who would betray Him.
There is no indication that Peter was told by John who the betrayer was.
Further, Peter did not put two-and-two together.
The ignorance of the disciples culminated in this part of the scene.
v.29
John’s editorial remark.
Judas held the money box.
The disciples did not think that Judas might be the one Jesus publicly stated would betray Him.
They, in their denseness of spiritual mind, could only think this way.
They could not ”see” the spiritual realities going on around them, including the Lord’s weakness.
It will not be until Judas shows up in the garden with the Romans and the religious rulers that they will realize who the betrayer was.
These men are very dense.
v.30
In obedience to Jesus’ command to go out immediately, Judas gets up from the left of Christ and pushes himself away from the table and exits.
He leaves the presence of Jesus Christ forever.
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