Please read Luke 22:1–6
The Wednesday of Holy Week is sometimes known as "Spy Wednesday" in the Christian calendar because it probably on this day that Judas Iscariot went in secret to the Sanhedrin to begin the dark negotiations that would lead to him agreeing to betray Jesus the next night to them for thirty pieces of silver.
We may never know what motivated Judas to do what he did. Perhaps it was that by his actions Judas realised Jesus was not going to conform to his image of what the Messiah should be? Judas may have felt betrayed himself because he expected Jesus to lead an armed rebellion against Rome and could not come to terms with his master's message of peace and non-violence? Whatever the reason, the time is now right for Judas to make his move and try to salvage something for his time "wasted" with Jesus and he agrees to give Jesus up for a payoff of thirty pieces of silver, which was roughly four month's wages at that time. A large amount of money, but by no means a fortune in return for selling out a close friend.
What is obvious is that Jesus was surrounded by enemies by this point. Not only the temple leadership but also the Pharisees are all looking for a way to have Jesus killed. Yet behind them all is Christ's archenemy, Satan himself. It was this enemy - the devil - that Christ came to earth to defeat and destroy as prophesied all the way back in Genesis 3:15. And it was this enemy that Christ did crush in the victory of the cross and the triumph of the resurrection.
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