Luke 22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was drawing near. (2) And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way to do away with Him, for they feared the people. (3) And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot and was of the number of the twelve. (4) And he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers as to how he might deliver Him up to them.
While the Lord was preparing both Himself and His disciples for His death, the opposers--the leaders in the Jewish community-- were busy looking for an opportunity to arrest Him and put Him to death. The Lord's sovereignty was exercised here, for this was the year in which Messiah had to be cut off, that is, the year in which the preordained Savior had to die. The Son prepared Himself to die. The Spirit and the Father were also working to prepare the environment so that the Son would die on the cross exactly according to what was prophesied and typified in the old Testament. In Luke 22 we see that while the Man-Savior was preparing Himself to die, the opposers were busy with their plot, their conspiracy At the same time, the enemy of God, Satan, also was busy. In particular, Satan was actively using Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles appointed by the Man- Savior. Satan instigated Judas' betrayal of the Lord Jesus. Satan injected into Judas the thought of finding an opportunity to deliver the Lord into the hand of those who wanted to kill Him. Therefore, in this chapter we see both the plotting of the opposers and the working of Satan. On the one hand, "the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might do away with Him" (v. 2). On the other hand, "Satan entered into Judas, who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went away and conversed with the chief priests and officers as to how he might deliver Him up to them" (vv. 3-4). (c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry.
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, p. 421. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. Please visit us at www.emanna.com. Send comments to: [email protected].
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