Sunday 23rd November
Read John 13:27-30
“As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, ‘What you are about to do, do quickly.’ 28 But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. 29 Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. 30 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.” (NIVUK)
The light of the world sent His betrayer out into darkness. John’s observation is more than a simple time-marker – it is a theological comment on the reign of darkness in this moment of history. This is even clearer when one considers the full moon Judas walked under. The brightness of the moon was no match for the darkness Judas entered into.
‘Mine own Apostle, who the bag did beare,
Though he had all I had did not forbeare
To sell me also, and to put me there:
Was ever grief like mine?
For thirtie pence he did my death devise,
Who at three hundred did the ointment prize,
Not half so sweet as my sweet sacrifice:
Was ever grief like mine?’ (George Herbert)
