SECTION LXXXI.
JOHN Chap. XIII. V. 27, 28, 29, 39.
MATTH. Chap. XXVI. Ver. 14, 15, 16.
MARK Ch. XIV. Ver. 10, 11.
LUKE Ch. XXII. Ver. 3, 4, 5, 6.
Satan entreth into Iudas: he compacts for the betraying of his Master.
THe continuation of the story in John cleereth the connexion. He dipped the sop and gave it to Judas, And after the sop Satan entred into him. This was at a supper in Be∣thany two daies before the Passover, as hath been shewed: From thence, though it were night, Judas trudgeth to Jerusalem, acted intirely by Satan, and agreeth with the Sanhe∣drin for his Masters betraying. They had met purposely to contrive the apprehension and death of Christ, but had resolved, that it must not be at the feast for fear of tumult: but Judas coming in, undertakes to deliver him up, though at the feast, yet quietly enough in the absence of the people: And they bargain to give him thirty pieces of silver; the price of a servant, Exod. 31. 22. Maym. in Nizkei Mamon per. 11. The price of servants whether great or little, whether males or female, is thirty Selas of good silver; be he a servant worth a hundred pound, or be he a servant but worth a peny. Now the same Author in Shekalim per. 1. rateth Sela at 384 barly corns weight in silver.