Judas had a hook ~ greed. A woman poured very costly fragrant oil on Jesus’ head. The disciples were indignant. As I read this last night, the Holy Spirit showed me something I had not connected before.

Right after this Judas went to the chief priests. Read his words carefully. Matthew 26:15 was his question to them, “…What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?…” Verse 16 says, “So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.”

Back to Luke 4. The devil had tempted Jesus. Verse 13 says, “Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.” John 13:2 revealed that time. It says, “And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him.”

It was a setup because there was a hook in Judas’ heart! Peter understood the devil’s setup. He was sifted. Luke 22:31-32. 1 Peter 5:8-9.