Monday, August 12 The man at peace with me, in whom I trusted, who was eating my bread, has magnified his heel against me.—Ps. 41:9. With these words, it was foretold that the Messiah would be betrayed by a treacherous associate. A person who ate bread with someone was thought to be his friend. (Gen. 31:54) So the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot was treachery of the worst sort. Jesus called attention to the fulfillment of David’s prophetic words when He referred to his betrayer and told his apostles: “I am not talking about all of you; I know the ones I have chosen. But it is in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, ‘He that used to feed on my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’” (John 13:18) For this act of treachery, Judas received 30 pieces of silver—the price of a slave! Judas never spent his ill-gotten sum, for he threw the money into the temple and went off and committed suicide.—Matt. 26:14-16; 27:3-10.
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