Christ the Greatest Hero in Battle

One can easily imagine the consternation into which the disciples fell when they heard that a traitor was in their midst. They searched their hearts and asked with a good conscience, "Is it I?" — one after another. Finally, Judas too had to ask, and he did so with the impudence that vice usually likes to have as a companion. Jesus answered according to the truth: "Yes, you are my betrayer!" — and immediately added: "What you are going to do, do quickly!" John 13:27 in order to spare him embarrassment over it.

If only the degenerate disciple had any moral feeling left! He took part in the meal of love The Last Supper, and in the act of friendship during the washing of the feet. He heard a language that could have penetrated his heart, a language that alerted him to his own misery and to the sad consequences of his resolution. He saw the sorrow of the friend of humanity Menschenfreund: a term frequently used in this period to describe Jesus’s deep love and philanthropy toward all of mankind, who had never offended him, but had always treated him with kindness, and even in this hour treated him with tender forbearance. But none of this made an impression on him. His resolution remained unchangeable toward the best, noblest person, who did not treat him with pre- The text cuts off here; likely "prejudice" or "reproach"