1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the passover.
2 And the chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might kill him; but they feared the people.
3 Then entered Satan into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
6 And he promised them, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.