As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore having received that morsel, he went out immediately. It was night.
- KJV He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
- NKJV Having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it was night.
- NASB So after receiving the piece of bread, he left immediately; and it was night.
- NLT So Judas left at once, going out into the night.
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Quick answer
Judas took the morsel and went out immediately, and it was night. It marks his departure into the literal and spiritual darkness of betrayal.
Overview
Judas's exit into the night carries deep symbolic weight in John's Gospel, where night and darkness represent the realm of unbelief and evil. Having rejected the light, Judas departs into darkness. The verse poignantly captures the tragedy of one who left the presence of the Light of the world.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Prov 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Rom 3:15“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
- Job 24:13–15Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
- Luke 22:53Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
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