Reading the Gospels Together The Story of the Last Meal – Part 6 We have noted that John shares with the others the ominous words of Jesus regarding his betrayer. We noticed that Mark and Luke mention no names as they tell the story. Matthew mentions Judas as the betrayer who betrays himself with his own words. John makes the identification of Judas even clearer. It is at this point in his gospel that John introduces his readers for the first time to an unnamed disciple known mysteriously as the “beloved disciple.” And it is to this disciple that Jesus clearly marks out Judas as the betrayer. Judas is the one to whom Jesus gives the bread and once Judas has taken it Satan enters into his heart and Judas becomes the betrayer. Mark, Matthew, and Luke had not told their readers when Judas left. John does and he does it with ominous words. When Judas leaves John tells his readers that it is night. The reference to night is more than simply to say it was dark outside – it was also “night” in a symbolic sense.