Theme: Betraying the beloved Christ

Exegetical note
John alone among the evangelists has Satan entering Judas only after the latter has received the bread from Jesus, raising the interesting possibility that the bread was not just an indication of Judas' prior intention out of malice, but indeed a symbol of Jesus' commissioning of a trusted one as the betrayer! Still, John clearly wants to contrast that role with that of the other "beloved" disciple, for whom betrayal would have been unthinkable.

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