202. The Last Supper: The Announcement of the Betrayer. Mt. 26:21–25; Mk. 14:18–21; Lk. 22:21–30; Jn. 13:21–30

Having said this, the Lord Jesus, when they all were reclining and eating, was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said: Truly, truly I say to you, that one of you, eating with Me, will betray Me. And behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Me at the table.

Then the disciples began to look at one another, bewildered, not knowing of whom He spoke, and, being greatly grieved, began to say to the Lord each in turn: Surely not I, Lord? and another: Surely not I? And He, answering, said to them: One of the Twelve, the one dipping with Me in the dish, shall betray Me. However, the Son of Man goes as it is appointed; He goes away, as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed: it would be better for that man not to have been born.

And Judas, the one betraying Him, said: Surely not I, Rabbi? The Lord says to him: You have said so. But the others, not noticing this, began again to ask one another who it was that would do this.

Now one of His disciples, whom the Lord Jesus loved, was reclining in His bosom. Simon Peter made a sign to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke. And he, leaning back against Jesus’s breast, said to Him: Lord! Who is it? The Lord Jesus answered: It is the one to whom I give the bread after dipping it. And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas the son of Simon Iscariot.

After this bit of bread, Satan entered into him. Then the Lord Jesus said to him: What you do, do it quickly. But none of those reclining understood why He said this to him. And since Judas had the money bag, some thought that the Lord Jesus was saying to him: Buy what we need for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.

And he, having received the bread, straightway went out, and it was night.