# 692 Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 14:19,20 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to Him one by one, "Is it I?" And another said, "Is it I?" 20 He answered and said to them, "It is one of the twelve, who dips with Me in the dish.
The sorrowful ones asked Jesus one by one, Is it I?” The unsorrowful one is separated from the 11 here with the words, “And ANOTHER said, is it I?” This can be no one but Judas. (No sorrow) Jesus doesn't give a specific name, but rather a specific act. “one who dips with me in the dish.”
It was not uncommon in the days of Jesus, to share a bowl for dipping bread with others at meal. ” We have a modern day example of this practice of dipping in a dish. We call it double dipping. Taking a tortilla chip, dipping it into the salsa, biting half of it and then sticking it in the salsa again. “Yuck!” This is a social no no in our world.
Yet if you would allow for someone to double dip, who would it be? It would be someone whom you deeply trusted and cared for. And that is the point that Jesus is making here.
It had to be someone seated near Jesus and sharing the same bowl, someone who would dip in the same bowl feigning love and trust, for the sake of personal gain. That someone was Judas, and this act of intimacy with Jesus makes his betrayal all the worse.
Woe to those who are willing to give up Jesus after being intimate with Him. Woe to those who lack sorrow.
Father, thank You for being willing to “double dip” with such a sinner as I. Keep my love for You and my loyalty to You forever aflame.
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