What got into Judas? That’s an appropriate question for this Good Friday service. What got into him? Can’t you imagine the other disciples asking one another and themselves that question? All this time he was one of us. We trusted him. We even made him treasurer. How could he betray the Master for 30 pieces of silver?

Was it jealousy? Did someone make him feel rejected? He was an important member of the fellowship. We tried to treat him like a brother even though he was the only non-Galilean among us. What happened? Was he simply impatient? Did he want to force Jesus’ hand?

Did he come to resent Jesus’ indifference toward some points of the law? Perhaps he questioned Jesus’ association with the wrong kinds of people--sinners and tax-collectors? Was he disappointed in Jesus’ humble entran…