Theological Theses · §1957 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Judas's betrayal foretold by Christ and, ages before, by David (Psalms 41 and 109)

Christ's prediction about Judas, that he would betray him, is especially striking, and it came long before Satan had put that into Judas's heart. Indeed, many ages before Christ's coming God had foretold the same betrayal through the prophets.

Christ testifies that this is what David's words in Psalm 41 refer to: 'He who eats bread with me has lifted his heel against me' (John 13). And Peter, with an eye to what is written in Psalm 109, says: 'The scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David concerning Judas,' and so on (Acts 1).

Latin

VI. Insignis est praesertim praedictio Christi de Juda, quod ipsum proditurus esset, idque multo antequam Satan immisisset istud in cor ejus. Imo pluribus ante Christi adventum seculis, eandem proditionem praedixerat Deus per Prophetas. Huc enim testatur Christus spectare verba Davidis Psalmo quadragesimo primo, Qui manducat mecum panem, levavit contra me calcaneum suum, Joan. 13. Et Petrus respiciens ad ea quae leguntur Psalmo centesimo nono dicit, Oportuisse impleri scripturam hanc, quam praedixit Spiritus Sanctus per os Davidis, de Juda, &c. Act. 1.

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