John 13:30

‘He then, having received the dipped bread, immediately went out. And it was night.'

Does the speed at which Judas acted suggest the torment that he was under? He did not stop for a moment for he wanted to get away as quickly as possible. He knew that he must not think about what he was going to do. And once he knew that Jesus knew what he was going to do, he would not have been able to bear being with Jesus a minute longer than was necessary. What a terrible state he had got himself into.

‘And it was night'. Again we should note the double significance. True, it was dark outside, although there would be a bright Passover moon. But the truth is that the darkness was more inside Judas. There had never been such a darkness. The blackness of the darkest night was in his heart. He had forsaken the light of the world. (Compare Luke 22:53, spoken to Jesus' enemies, ‘this is your hour and the power of darkness'). And what was more, for Jesus also the dark hour had come.