Matthew 26:14

τότε, then; the roots of the betrayal go much further back than the Bethany scene vide on Matthew 17:22-23 but that scene would help to precipitate the fatal step. Death at last at hand, according to the Master's words. Then a base nature would feel uncomfortable in so unworldly company, and would be glad to escape to a more congenial atmosphere. Judas could not breathe freely amid the odours of the ointment and all it emblemed. εἷς τ. δ., one of the Twelve (l).