ACC ~ John 13 v30

JUDAS OBEYS THE SAVIOR

ORIGEN: The Savior said to Judas, “What you are going to do, do quickly,” and for once the betrayer obeys the teacher. For when he had received the morsel, he neither hesitated nor procrastinated, but as it is written, “he went out immediately” to do quickly the work of betrayal in accordance with Jesus’ command. And “he went out” truly, for he not only went out of the house in which the supper was held, according to the simpler meaning, but he also went out from Jesus in a final sense, analogous to the statement “they went out from us.” [1] COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 32.300-301. [2]

[1] See 1 Jn 2:19.

[2] FC 89:398*; SC 385:316.

JUDAS HURRIES TO DO EVIL

CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: In haste Judas hurries away in obedience to the will of Satan. Like one stung and goaded on to madness, he rushes from the house. He sees nothing that can overcome his love of gain, and, marvelous though it is, we shall find him in no way benefited by the gift from Christ due to his irrepressible greed for money. COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 9. [1]

JUDAS LEAVES THE STABLE

ROMANUS MELODUS:

And leaving the stable he [Judas] hurried to the beasts, leaving behind the lambs.

KONTAKION ON JUDAS 17.12. [2]

[1] LF 48:206**.

[2] KRBM 1:173.

DARKNESS AN IMAGE OF JUDAS’S SOUL

ORIGEN: “And it was night,” has not been interjected in vain by the Evangelist. The perceptible night at that time was symbolic, being an image of the night that was in Judas’s soul when Satan, the darkness that lies over the abyss, [1] entered him. COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 32.313. [2]

[1] See Gen 1:2.

[2] FC 89:400; SC 385:320-22.