Did Judas sin before the last supper to allow Satan to enter him?

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We all know Judas betrayed Jesus, but for Satan to enter him before he broke bread with our Lord doesn’t this mean that he would have had to commit a sin to allow the Devil to enter him in the first place.

I say this because if someone is in the state of grace, then the Devil cant enter them because he cannot dwell where the Holy Spirit dwells.
 
Yes, Satan had entered Judas prior to the Last Supper, at least briefly. If you read Luke 22:3, this is prior to the Feast. We can safely say that Judas was not in a state of grace as he was already making definite plans to betray Our Lord.
 
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Do you think that him not being in a state of grace is what allowed Satan to enter him?
 
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The Bible reports that Judas stole from their common fund. It tells us then too that he was upset a woman poured expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet from gratitude. He was upset, we are told, because he wanted the money himself used to pay for the perfume (John 12:3-6) The Bible really isn’t interested in providing the biographies of people–but this sudden look into his moral stature (which I find appalling), helps explain what he would do.
This question of the original poster raises interesting issues.
When the Gospel says satan entered him this would not be a case of demonic possession. It would involve being tempted and yielding to the promptings of the devil. I would say that this means that through the temptation by which he acted, the devil gained a measure of power over him.
 
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The event that happened immediately before Judas went to the synagogue was when the women broke the expensive jar of perfume on Jesus’ feet and Jesus praised her for it.
 
Judas betrayed Jesus after the event of the perfume jar that was poured on HIM.

Matthew 26:14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the leaders of the priests,
Matthew 26:15 and he said to them, “What are you willing to give me, if I hand him over to you?” So they appointed thirty pieces of silver for him.
Matthew 26:16 And from then on, he sought an opportunity to betray him.
Matthew 26:17 Then, on the first day of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus, saying, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

So you see Judas allowed the devil to enter him way before the last supper, according to the Gospels…
 
Besides what others have said, I am sure the betrayal did not happen overnight. Judas must have been in contact with the high priests and other enemies of Jesus planning the betrayal for some time.
 
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Besides what others have said, I am sure the betrayal did not happen overnight. Judas must have been in contact with the high priests and other enemies of Jesus planning the betrayal for some time.
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I have been real curious about this passage especially when Judas was considered to be ritually unclean and the fact that it was close to passover.

“If one does not purify oneself after a state of uncleanliness, that soul shall be uprooted from Israel. Anything unclean must be made clean and pure before coming in contact with the holy Sanctuary.”

Judas, while being in this state, and near the High Priest, would have made Passover (ritually speaking) defiled.

Ritual cleanness/uncleanness is a major theme in the ceremonial (or cultic) laws in the Pentateuch. It was one of the duties of priests to distinguish between the ritually clean and the ritually unclean (Ezekiel 22:26; 44:23; Haggai 2:11-13). The concept might be rendered better “purity and impurity” since the Hebrew for “clean” (tahor) more precisely means “pure” (cf. Exodus 25:11 where it is used for “pure,” i.e., “unalloyed,” gold). A whole block (chapters 11-15) of the book of Leviticus is devoted to this topic, and there is continual reference to it elsewhere in the Pentateuch.
 
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A person or object which contracts tumah is said to be tamei (Hebrew adjective, “ritually impure”)

The first reference to a person becoming unclean is:

Vayikra (Leviticus) 5:1-13 “‘If a person sinsbecause he does not speak up when he hears a public charge to testify regarding something he has seen or learned about, he will be held responsible. “‘Or if a person touches anything ceremonially unclean–whether the carcasses of unclean wild animals or of unclean livestock or of unclean creatures that move along the ground–even though he is unaware of it, he has become unclean and is guilty. “‘Or if he touches human uncleanness–anything that would make him unclean–even though he is unaware of it, when he learns of it he will be guilty. “‘Or if a person thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil–in any matterone might carelessly swear about–even though he is unaware of it, in any case when he learns of it he will be guilty. “‘When anyone is guilty in any of these ways, he must confess in what way he has sinned And, as a penalty for the sin he has committed, he must bring to HaShem a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sinoffering; and the priest shall make atonementfor him for his sin
 
Based on this, we can interpret what the prophet Isaiah stated:

“The Lord will bare His holy arm in the sight of all the nations,
And the very ends of the earth shall see the victory of our God.
Turn, turn, away touch naught unclean as you depart from there
Keep pure as you go forth from there,
You who bear the vessel of the Lord.
For you will not depart in haste nor will you leave in flight

The understanding is that no one is allowed “and, if someone is found unclean”, and according to the law, to participate in Passover celebrations until they are made clean. They are isolated from the community.
 
Judas’ heart was twisted and he was sinning with it (sins of thought). He probably thought in a twisted way or he committed the betrayal himself, as a human, and he was not possessed.
 
He would not be at fault if her were possessed. The Bible makes it clear he betrayed Christ of his own volition.
 
What he should have done I think is gone to Jesus and be like listen the devil is tempting me to betray you how do I fight this off or something.
 
It wasn’t only the devil. It was also the Pharisees pressuring him as well as many of the Jewish faithful.
 
I have a theory…

I would argue that perhaps Judas didn’t think Jesus would be killed or allow himself to be killed. Thus, his great remorse and despair afterwards.

It’s a shame really. Had Judas not killed himself, we would probably be looking at a different story after the Resurrection.
 
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Churchman25 said:
We all know Judas betrayed Jesus, but for Satan to enter him before he broke bread with our Lord doesn’t this mean that he would have had to commit a sin to allow the Devil to enter him in the first place.

I say this because if someone is in the state of grace, then the Devil cant enter them because he cannot dwell where the Holy Spirit dwells.
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John 12 ( The Anointing at Bethany)
4 Then Judas the Iscariot, one [of] his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said, 5 “Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days’ wages and given to the poor?” 6 He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held the money bag and used to steal the contributions.
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