Mark 14:42 “Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!”

Who is at hand?

“the one who betrays Me” (14:42)         

 ὁ παραδιδούς (Masculine Nominative Singular Present Active Participle)  

While Jesus was previously eating the Passover with the twelve disciples in the Upper Room, what had He foretold about the one to betray Him?

“As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, ‘Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me” (14:18).

“He said to them, ‘It is one of the twelve, one who dips with Me in the bowl'” (14:20).

“And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, ‘Is it I, Lord?’” He answered, ‘He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me” (Matthew 26: 22-23).

Who would be the one of the twelve to betray Jesus?

“Judas, who would betray him, answered, ‘Is it I, Rabbi?’ He said to him, ‘You have said so’” (Matthew 26:25).

What had Jesus said about the consequence of betrayal for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed?

“For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born” (14:21).

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come (Rev 4:8b). Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and by Your will they existed and were created (Rev 4:11).

Glory to You, El Elyon, our Creator King. You are the One True God of the Bible, and You are true. Your Word is true. All that You plan, You do. And all that You do is just and right. And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in us will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ (Phil 1:6). Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the LORD. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.