People ask the question that ever since Jesus first mentioned that Judas Iscariot was going to betray him, what has He done to prevent him from undertaking such an evil action that would mar his reputation forever?
All along, Judas Iscariot had sat under Jesus’ feet; he had had regular nourishment of the best of teachings that man could ever have. Taking this into consideration, if Jesus’ teachings did not have a lasting impression on him to transform him for the better, I wonder what else would. So Jesus through His teachings would have set Judas Iscariot on the right path. However, Judas Iscariot was bent on becoming a traitor and money was his sole incentive.
Also, anytime Jesus made mention of His betrayal and death, He raised an alarm among His disciples. The disciples feared and shivered at the idea of betraying Jesus and they would do anything to avoid being the one to betray Him. Since Jesus kept singing that one of them was going to betray Him to death, the disciples were prompted to walk and talk cautiously and not to do anything that would translate to betraying Jesus. So the fact that Jesus had been talking about being betrayed to death was enough to caution Judas Iscariot not to proceed with his plan of betraying Jesus to become this traitor He had been speaking of.
At the Last Supper, Jesus warned whoever was going to be the traitor in these words, “24 The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” Matthew 26:24; Mark 14:21. These words are strong and frightening and it predict that an inevitable destruction is awaiting the betrayer. However, this warning did not move Iscariot to repent.
At some point, during the Last Supper, Jesus Christ clearly picked Judas Iscariot out to be the traitor He had long been talking about. At that point, Iscariot should have feared greatly that Jesus had found out about his evil plan of betrayal and he should have immediately repented and asked for forgiveness. Unfortunately, this disciple, blinded by the love of money, was not moved, rather he proceeded to betray Jesus. John 13:21-30.
So since Jesus knew that Judas would betray Him, He did what it takes to stop him but Judas Iscariot did not yield. His heart was bent on betraying Jesus and he would stop at nothing.