"And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him." — Matthew 26:16

Matthew 26:16 · KJV

“And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.”

— Matthew 26:16

And said {unto them}, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

Verse 17

Now the first {day} of the {feast of} unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

Matthew 26 — Context

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

And said {unto them}, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

Now the first {day} of the {feast of} unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

Cross References

Mark 14:11

And when they heard {it}, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

Luke 22:6

And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. {in the...: or, without tumult}