...and brought him at length to destruction. Judas said this, St. John remarks, " not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was therein." He hoped, therefore, that the larger the sum placed in his hands, the more...

...and given to the poor; but three of the evangelists assert, that he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bear what was put therein. John xii. 4. This disposition, accompanied with an idea that Christ was...

...not been sold, and the money given to the poor ; not, adds the sacred historian, " that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein." These brief events in this wicked man's life prepare us for the dreadful...

...may be about forty or fifty pound), and given to the poor, ' But this he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag ;' out of which he could have made a good prey unto himself; John xii. 6. And it may 'be observed,...

...the poor ?" Upon which the evangelical historian remarks, that " he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein." The second is the memorable instance of delivering up Jesus for thirty...

...this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. Then said Jesus ; Let her alone ; against the day of my burying hath she...

...season ; but Judas was neither ; and he said this, proceeds the historian, ' not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare off what was put therein.' Thus it appears, that the root of all this traitor's wickedness was...

...Judas from the beginning is clearly and repeatedly intimated. " This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag." John xii. 6. " There be some of you which believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were...

...poor ? Observe now, how the evangelist explains this conduct; " This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein." This act was a natural prelude to that by which he betrayed his master...

...been sold, and the money given to the poor; " not," adds the sacred historian, " that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein." These brief events in this wicked man's life prepare us for the dreadful...