{And they, when they heard it, were glad} (hoi de
akousantes echar(8873)an). No doubt the rabbis looked on the
treachery of Judas as a veritable dispensation of Providence
amply justifying their plots against Jesus. {Conveniently}
(eukair(9373)). This was the whole point of the offer of Judas. He
claimed that he knew enough of the habits of Jesus to enable them
to catch him "in the absence of the multitude" ( Lu 22:6 )
without waiting for the passover to be over, when the crowds
would leave. For discussion of the motives of Judas, see on 烘t
26:15|. Mark merely notes the promise of "money" while Matthew
mentions "thirty pieces of silver" ( Zec 11:12 ), the price of a
slave.