Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
Parallel translations
- WEB Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve.
- BSB Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
- NKJV Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve.
- NASB And Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who belonged to the number of the twelve.
- NLT Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples,
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Satan entered Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles.
Overview
Luke marks the betrayal as the moment of intense satanic activity working through Judas. That one of the chosen twelve turned traitor underscores the depth of the betrayal. Yet even this evil served God's redemptive plan, foretold in Scripture and never beyond His sovereign control.
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- John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
- Mark 14:10–11And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
- Ps 55:12–14For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
- John 13:26–27Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
- John 13:18I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
- 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 26:14–16Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
- Ps 41:9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
- Luke 22:21But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
- John 12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
- John 6:70–71Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
- Luke 6:16And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
- Mark 14:18–20And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
- Matt 26:23And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
- Matt 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
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