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Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus' twelve disciples, betrayed Jesus. How could he betray Jesus when he was always listening to Jesus' teaching and seeing Him do miracles? According to the Bible, Satan entered Judas and he went to the chief priests and officers to discuss how to betray Jesus. The chief priests and the teachers of the law were delighted to hear what he had to offer since they now found a way to get rid of Jesus (Luke 22: 2-5). As for returning the favor, Judas asked the chief priests what they would give him if he handed Jesus over to them. They gave him thirty silver coins for betraying Jesus. From then on, Judas watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to the chief priests (Matthew 26: 16-16).

From this story, Judas had a choice to choose, Jesus or money, even though Jesus knew he would betray Him. Jesus knew what was going to happen, and he didn't stop what was going to happen because He had to fulfill His prophecy. Yes, God had to fulfill His prophecy, but He also gave Judas a choice to choose. It was a test for Judas. What I mean is that either way he chose, Jesus could fulfill His prophecy. Jesus could find some other way to fulfill His prophecy if Judas chose Jesus instead of money, but he didn't. Why? I believe Judas was a greedy man, and because of greed, he forgot about what Jesus had taught and done and just focused on money. Satan had taken his mind and body. Judas was not able to resist Satan's temptation. As the result, he betrayed Jesus and destroyed himself.

The Bible mentions that Judas felt guilty of what he had done to Jesus. He went to the chief priests and the elders to return the thirty silver coins. He told them that he had sinned because he had betrayed Jesus, the "innocent blood." (Matthew 27: 3-4), who had no sin. On the other hand, the chief priests and the elders did not feel any guilt or remorse or else they would not put Jesus on crucifixion. They told Judas that it was his responsibility that he sinned and betrayed Jesus, and that they did not have anything to do with it. As the result of Judas, he threw the money in the temple, left, and went somewhere to hang himself (Matthew 27: 4-5). What a tragedy!

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