Luke 22:3

Luke 22:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve.

Context of Luke 22:3

1The Festival of Unleavened Bread, called Passover, was near. 2The chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings were looking for some way to kill Jesus. However, they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles. 4Judas went to the chief priests and the temple guards and discussed with them how he could betray Jesus. 5They were pleased and agreed to give him some money.

Luke 22:3 word by word

εἰσῆλθεν δὲ σατανᾶς εἰς Ἰούδαν τὸν καλούμενον Ἰσκαριώτην ὄντα ἐκ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τῶν δώδεκα.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• SatanΣατανᾶςSatanas · SatanG4567
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• JudasἸούδαςIoudas · JudasG2455
• surnamedἐπικαλέωepikaleomai · to call (on)/nameG1941
• IscariotἸσκαριώτης, ἸσκαριώθIskariōtēs · IscariotG2469
• beingεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the numberἀριθμόςarithmos · numberG706
• of the twelveδώδεκαdōdeka · twelveG1427

Cross-references for Luke 22:3

• Matthew 26:14Then one of the twelve apostles, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests.
• Mark 14:10Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus.
• John 6:70Jesus replied, “I chose all twelve of you. Yet, one of you is a devil.”
• John 12:6(Judas didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the moneybag and carried the contributions.)
• John 13:2While supper was taking place, the devil had already put the idea of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot.
• Acts 5:3Peter asked, “Ananias, why did you let Satan fill you with the idea that you could deceive the Holy Spirit? You’ve held back some of the money you received for the land.
• Luke 22:21“The hand of the one who will betray me is with me on the table.
• Luke 6:16Judas (son of James), and Judas Iscariot (who became a traitor).
• Psalms 41:9Even my closest friend whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
• Psalms 55:12If an enemy had insulted me, then I could bear it. If someone who hated me had attacked me, then I could hide from him.
• Matthew 26:23Jesus answered, “Someone who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.
• Mark 14:18While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I can guarantee this truth: One of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me!”
• John 13:18“I’m not talking about all of you. I know the people I’ve chosen ⌞to be apostles⌟. However, I’ve made my choice so that Scripture will come true. It says, ‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’

Commentaries on Luke 22:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Then entered Satan into Judas - The devil filled the heart of Judas with avarice; and that infamous passion led him to commit the crime here specified. This at once accounts for the whole of this most unprincipled and unnatural transaction. None but a devil, or he who is possessed by one, could have been guilty of it: - let the living lay this to heart. A minister of the Gospel, who is a lover of money, is constantly betraying the interests of Christ. He…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Then entered Satan into Judas - It is not necessary to suppose that Satan entered personally into the body of Judas, but only that he brought him under his influence; he filled his mind with an evil passion, and led him on to betray his Master. The particular passion of which Satan made use was “avarice” - probably the besetting sin of Judas. To show its exceeding evil and baseness, it is only necessary to say that when it produced its “appropriate”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Satan entered Judas Iscariot: See John 13:2; Acts 5:3. Earlier, Satan had tempted Jesus and had been waiting for this opportunity (Luke 4:2, 13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Then entered Satan, &c.--but not yet in the full sense. The awful stages of it were these: (1) Covetousness being his master--passion, the Lord let it reveal itself and gather strength by entrusting him with "the bag" (Joh 12:6), as treasurer to Himself and the Twelve. (2) In the discharge of that most sacred trust he became "a thief," appropriating its contents from time to time to his own use. Satan, seeing this door into his heart standing wide…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 22:3

• Apostasy
• Betrayal
• Church
• Covetousness
• Judas (Jude)
• Persecution
• Priest
• Temptation
• Traitor

In the dictionaries

• Satan
• Satan, devil, evil one
• Accomplish
• Agony
• Cast
• Earnestly
• Reckon
• Jesus Christ
• Judas Iscariot
• Law in the New Testament

Commentaries on Luke 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings