And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
Parallel translations
- WEB After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
- BSB And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
- NKJV Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
- NASB After this, Satan then entered him. Therefore Jesus *said to him, “What you are doing, do it quickly.”
- NLT When Judas had eaten the bread, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus told him, “Hurry and do what you’re going to do.”
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Quick answer
After the morsel, Satan entered Judas, and Jesus told him to act quickly. It marks Judas's full surrender to evil and Jesus' sovereign control over the timing.
Overview
Judas's persistent refusal of grace opens him fully to Satan's possession. Yet Jesus remains in command, even directing the timing of His own betrayal. The verse soberly shows the end of hardened unbelief while affirming that the passion proceeds under Christ's authority, not Satan's.
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- Luke 22:3Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
- John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
- Eccl 9:3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Jas 1:13–15Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
- Acts 5:3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
- Matt 12:45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
- Prov 1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
- Dan 2:15He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
- Jer 2:24–25A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
- Ps 109:6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
- 1 Kgs 18:27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
- Mark 6:25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
- Luke 8:32–33And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
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