The Jewish rulers had been anxious to get Jesus into their power, but for fear of raising a tumult among the people they had not dared to take Him openly. So they had sought some one who would secretly betray Him, and had found in Judas, one of the twelve disciples, the man who would do this base act.

Jødernes rådsherrer havde været ivrige efter at få Jesus i deres magt, men de turde ikke gribe ham offentligt af frygt for opstand blandt folket. De havde derfor søgt efter en, som i al hemmelighed ville forråde ham, og i Judas, som var en af de tolv disciple, havde de fundet den mand, som ville udføre denne nedrige handling.