Mar 14:21 | TNotes | STEP | 14:21 must die, as the Scriptures declared: See, e.g., Isa 52:13–53:12 . Jesus foreknew this betrayal as part of the divine plan (cp. 8:31-33 ), but his betrayer was condemned. Jesus and the Gospel writers do not explain how God’s sovereignty and Judas’s human responsibility can coexist, but both are stated without compromise (see John 19:11 ).

bIsa 52:13–53:12►

c8:31-33►

dJohn 19:11►

‏ Mark 14:21

14:21 ^a must die, as the Scriptures declared: See, e.g., Isa 52:13–53:12 ^b. Jesus foreknew this betrayal as part of the divine plan (cp. 8:31-33 ^c), but his betrayer was condemned. Jesus and the Gospel writers do not explain how God’s sovereignty and Judas’s human responsibility can coexist, but both are stated without compromise (see John 19:11 ^d).