Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Him to them.
Personal Challenge...
The early church fathers (1st century) taught that Judas chose to betray Jesus on his own initiative. It could have been greed, or jealousy, or a desire to force Christ to step up as the King. The bottom line though was that he did this by his own free will. How often do I betray my Lord through my own free will? One of the things that I like about the Orthodox Church is that much, if not most, of what we do has a reason and a purpose. The early church fathers established our tradition of practicing fasting on Wednesday because that would have been the day of the week that Judas betrayed Jesus. So we fast on that day to remind us that we too, like Judas, betray our Lord and need to seek His forgiveness.
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