John 13:25

John 13:25 says, He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto Him, Lord, who is it?   Verse twenty-six adds, Jesus answeredHe it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.   I have always understood this to mean that the question was asked and answered for all the disciples to hear, but Matthew Henry says it was a quiet conversation. This would seem to make more sense, and reading on through the passage, I don't know why I had made that assumption.  I guess that is a warning that we need to understand what the Bible says and not just what we think it says.  We do know that God points out our sins individually, though He may at times work through others to bring them to light.  I don't believe Jesus's purpose was to humiliate Judas, but simply to acknowledge that He was aware of what Judas was about to do.  It was still Judas's choice.  In the remainder of the verse, Jesus gave the sop to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.  There was a very specific identification of who was going to betray Jesus.  When we are guilty of sin, God leaves no doubt that we are the one who is guilty.  We don't need to look around to see if we can blame someone else.  Verse twenty-seven adds, After the sop Satan entered into him.  Then Jesus said unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.   A more accurate statement would be that Judas surrendered to the power of Satan.  God will not make us do anything and Satan cannot make us do anything.  The devil made me do it might be a quick excuse, but it is wrong. Jesus told Judas go quickly and do what he planned to do.  Again, this does not mean Judas had no choice, but that Jesus knew the time was at hand for His trial to begin. We need to be careful that we don't allow sin to rule any part of our life, or we like Judas will be betraying God.