Jesus as the righteous sufferer in the betrayal of Judas: understanding the use of Psalm 41:10 in John 13:18

2017·3.4 MB·English

by  Bae, Benjamin N.

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ABSTRACT
This study examines how the evangelist understood and used Psalm 41:10 in
his own context inJohn 13:18. The evangelist's textual representation of Psalm 41:10
is noticeably different from the way the LXX translates Psalm 41:10. This
observation calls to attention the primary task of this study: What is the rationale for
the evangelist's unique textual representation of Psalm 41:10 inJohn 13:18? The
author of this study argues that the presence of this textual uniqueness in the Fourth
Gospel is best explained through the assessment of the evangelist's hermeneutical
and theological understanding of Psalm 41:10. For this assessment, the author
evaluates the possible reasons for the evangelist's intentional employment of certain
interpretive and exegetical techniques. Based on these observations, the author
concludes that in the betrayal of Judas, the evangelist seeks to portray Jesus as a
Davidic figure who fulfills the pattern of the righteous sufferer. This was
hermeneutically, theologically, and thereby textually significant for the evangelist.