1. Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was drawing near,
2. and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the people.
3. Then Satan entered into Judas, the one surnamed Iscariot, who was counted among the Twelve,
4. and he went to the chief priests and temple guards to discuss a plan for handing him over to them.
5. They were pleased and agreed to pay him money.
6. He accepted their offer and sought a favorable opportunity to hand him over to them in the absence of a crowd.
7. When the day of the feast of Unleavened Bread arrived, the day for sacrificing the Passover lamb,
8. he sent out Peter and John, instructing them, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”