Jesus was betrayed by Judas. This was foretold in the Psalms. "For it is not an enemy who reproaches me . . . but it is you, a man my equal, My companion and my familiar friend" (Ps 55:12-13). "We who had sweet fellowship together walked in the house of God in the throng" (:14). Jesus told his disciples, "'I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me''" (Jn 13:18). The reference is "even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me" (Ps 41:9). It demonstrates that God's Old Testament plan is being carried out and that it is important to understand. To emphasize this Jesus explained, "'From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so when it does occur, you may believe that I am He'" (Jn 13:19). There is the original prophecy and then a prophetic reminder. Jesus then follows up testifying, "'Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me'" (:21). The devil had put the motivation to betray Jesus into the heart of Judas (Jn 13:2). At the Last Supper Jesus warned "'woe to that man by whom He is betrayed'" (22:22). A person should scrutinize and not just accept anything he hears because we are responsible for our actions.
"Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, 'What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?' And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him" (Mt 26:14-15). Later he "came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs" (:47). Peter afterwards acknowledged that "'the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus'" (Ac 1:16). David said "let his days be few; let another take his office" (Ps 109:8). "Now he who was betraying Him gave them a sign . . . [and] Judas went to Jesus . . . and kissed Him" (:48-49). "Jesus said to him, 'Friend, do what you have come for'" (:50). Later "when Judas . . . saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders" (27:3). This is seen in Zechariah's prophecy. "I took my staff Favor and cut it in pieces, to break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples" (Zec 11:10). "The flock who were watching me realized it was the word of the Lord" (:11). "I said to them, 'If it is good in your sight, give me my wages' . . . so they weighed out thirty shekels of silver" (:12). "Then the Lord said to me, 'Throw it to the potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them'" (:13). Accordingly Judas "threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself' (Mt 27:5). The officials "conferred together and with the money bought the Potter's field as a burial place for strangers" (:7). "That which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled" (:9). God told Jeremiah, "'Go and buy a potter's earthenware jar . . . and break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you'" (Jer 19:1,10). Furthermore, "'Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter's vessel, which cannot again be repaired'''" (:11).