There is something deeply tragic about this verse. Judas receives the sop from the hand of Jesus and immediately walks out into the darkness. The sop was simply dipped bread, but in this moment it became the final exposure of Judas’ heart.
Jesus had shown Judas love, patience, mercy, and opportunity after opportunity to repent. Judas had heard the preaching of Christ, seen the miracles of Christ, walked beside the Son of God, and yet his heart remained unchanged.
What a reminder that being close to spiritual things does not automatically make someone spiritual. Judas was near Jesus physically, but far from Him spiritually.
Notice the wording: “and it was night.”
Yes, it was physically nighttime, but John is also showing us something spiritually. Judas stepped away from the Light of the World and entered darkness completely.
When a person continually rejects truth, darkness always follows (Psalm 41:9, John 3:19-20, Luke 22:3).
There is something deeply tragic about this verse. Judas receives the sop from the hand of Jesus and immediately walks out into the darkness. The sop was simply dipped bread, but in this moment it became the final exposure of Judas’ heart.
Jesus had shown Judas love, patience, mercy, and opportunity after opportunity to repent. Judas had heard the preaching of Christ, seen the miracles of Christ, walked beside the Son of God, and yet his heart remained unchanged.
What a reminder that being close to spiritual things does not automatically make someone spiritual. Judas was near Jesus physically, but far from Him spiritually.
Notice the wording: “and it was night.”
Yes, it was physically nighttime, but John is also showing us something spiritually. Judas stepped away from the Light of the World and entered darkness completely.
When a person continually rejects truth, darkness always follows (Psalm 41:9, John 3:19-20, Luke 22:3).