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“Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot…and he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him [the Lord Jesus] unto them” (Luke 22:3-4).
I would not expect most of you to know this, but today’s date is the anniversary of another betrayal and murder. On this date, in 44 B.C., Julius Caesar, the first dictator/emperor of Rome, was assassinated by a group of about forty Roman senators, most of whom resented Caesar because he had become dictator for life. One of the principal men involved in the plot was a man named Brutus, whom Caesar had befriended and supported. Julius Caesar was not expecting to be killed that day, and most of all, he did not expect Brutus to be involved.
But the Lord Jesus knew all about Judas Iscariot’s plot to betray Him, and how he would be rewarded by the Jewish leaders for this. All this shows us how far a wicked person can go in pretending to be a true believer, yet all the while be ready to betray the Lord Jesus for a sum of money.
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