Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
Ver. 14. Then one of the twelve, &c.] sc. When he heard of the chief priests and elders meeting about such a matter, Satan sets him on, being now malcontent, to make one among them. That spirit of darkness loves to dwell in a soul that is clouded by passion: as in Saul when he was envious at David; and here in Judas, when defeated of his design, and fretted at his Master's reprehension.