John 13:30

“He then having, received the sop, etc.] As soon as ever he received it, he went immediately out; fearing lest an entire discovery should be made, and he be prevented accomplishing his design; or being more violently stirred up to it by, Satan, who after the sop entered into him, he directly went from Bethany to Jerusalem, to the chief priests, there, in order to consult and agree upon the delivery of him into their hands: and it was night; this circumstance is added, to show how eagerly he was bent upon it; that though it was night, it did not hinder or discourage him from setting out on his journey to Jerusalem; and as this was a work of darkness, the night was the fittest time for it, and…”

“He then, having received the sop, went immediately out--severing himself for ever from that holy society with which he never had any spiritual sympathy. and it was night--but far blacker night in the soul of Judas than in the sky over his head.”

“It was night - It was in the evening, or early part of the night. What is recorded in the following chapters took place the same night. return to 'Top of Page'”

“He went out - To the chief priests. But he returned afterward, and was with them when they ate the passover, Mat 26:20, though not at the Lord's Supper. John 13:31”

“13:30 out into the night: Judas’s departure was emblematic: The darkness had swallowed him completely (see study note on 13:2; cp. 3:19). Jesus, the light of the world, is the antithesis of the night.”

“went: Pro 4:16; Isa 59:7; Rom 3:15 it: Job 24:13-15 John 13:31”