Because Judas had the bag, some of the
disciples of Jesus thought Jesus told him to run one errand or
another for the group at John 13:27,28,29. If we consider their
thoughts conversely, then Judas had the bag because he ran errands
for the group. This is the scriptural support for the idea that the
role of Judas in the group was errand boy. This idea is thus more
fully supported by scripture than the idea that he was treasurer for
the group, an idea supported only by the fact that he had the bag.
The establishment of an office of
treasurer would be an act of formality not characteristic of Jesus, a
man not given to formalism. In fact, when we consider it from this
perspective, the idea that the group of Jesus and his disciples had
officers – a president, a secretary, or a treasurer – is comical.
Beyond this, when we understand that
Judas was only an errand boy, then we see an additional aspect of
Judas in which he was the least of those given to Jesus by his Father
(he was also a devil, a thief, and the only one lost). It is another
aspect of Judas that adds to our marvel that he should be the
greatest.
I offer these ideas only in my own
name.
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