John 13:30

30 As soon as he had taken the piece of matzah, Y'hudah went out, and it was night.

John 13:30 Meaning and Commentary

John 13:30

He then having, received the sop
As soon as ever he received it, he

went immediately out;
fearing lest an entire discovery should be made, and he be prevented accomplishing his design; or being more violently stirred up to it by, Satan, who after the sop entered into him, he directly went from Bethany to Jerusalem, to the chief priests, there, in order to consult and agree upon the delivery of him into their hands:

and it was night;
this circumstance is added, to show how eagerly he was bent upon it; that though it was night, it did not hinder or discourage him from setting out on his journey to Jerusalem; and as this was a work of darkness, the night was the fittest time for it, and was a proper emblem of the blackness of the crime he was going to perpetrate.

John 13:30 In-Context

28 But no one at the table understood why he had said this to him.

29 Some thought that since Y'hudah was in charge of the common purse, Yeshua was telling him, "Buy what we need for the festival," or telling him to give something to the poor.

30 As soon as he had taken the piece of matzah, Y'hudah went out, and it was night.

31 After Y'hudah had left, Yeshua said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

32 If the Son has glorified God, God will himself glorify the Son, and will do so without delay.