The priests and rulers could hardly believe their ears.
"Thirty pieces of silver you shall have," they cried, "if you give us Jesus!"
So for thirty pieces of silver Judas agreed to show them where Jesus was, at some time when there was no one around but the twelve disciples.
"Send soldiers when I tell you," Judas said. "The other disciples will all be there, and the soldiers won't know which man to take. But I will go up to Jesus and kiss him. The man I kiss will be the one you want."
Some dark night soon, a quiet place with no one around to see—and nobody would have to worry about Jesus of Nazareth any more!
13. The Last Night
It was Thursday. On Friday afternoon the lambs would be killed for the Passover, and on Friday evening all good Jews would sit down to eat the lambs at the Passover feast. The disciples wondered where Jesus was planning to celebrate the feast with them.