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There are five Old Testament prophecies concerning the betrayal of Jesus and some of the characteristics of the man who would betray Him.1. Psalm 41:9/John 13:18: Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.2. Psalm 55:12-14: For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.3. Psalm 69:25/Acts 1:20: Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.4. Psalm 109:7,8/Acts 1:20: When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; and let another take his office.5. Zechariah 11:12,13/Matthew 27:9,10: And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.These prophecies reveal many things about the Lord’s traitor:(1) He would be a close friend,(2) They would serve God together,(3) He would eat at the Lord’s table,(4) He would betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver,(5) The silver would be used to buy a potter’s field,(6) The potter’s field would be desolate, being used to bury strangers, and(7) Another man would take the traitor’s place in the Lord’s ministry.For all of these prophesied facts, the name of the traitor was never revealed.God, knowing who it would be by His foreknowledge, chose not to reveal it.So, though the prophets foretold that the Lord would be betrayed, and though they prophesied several of the specific details surrounding the betrayal, they never revealed whom the traitor would be.Now are you more like the eleven or the traitor?