Wednesday of Holy Week is traditionally known as "Spy Wednesday" because on this day Judas made a "secret" bargain with the high priest to betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”
He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’” So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”
They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?”
Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It
would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?”
Jesus answered, “You have said so.” Mathew 26:14-25 NIV
We identify with the disciples when they ask, "Surely you don't mean me, Lord?"
After all, we would never act like Judas did.
Yet, we miss how the story begins ... What are you willing to give me if ...
Truth is that's how we live most of our lives ... bargaining.
We bargain in our relationships with one another and with God.
On this day of Holy Week we discover we aren't that different than Judas.
And even as we discover this and seek to dismiss it, we sound just like him,
Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?
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