Why did Jesus call Judas friend?

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And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭50

Was this sarcasm? Irony? Prophetic voice?

In what sense did Jesus use the word “friend” here?
 
The tragedy of the situation is that Judas could have repented and been forgiven. Everything else that happened to Jesus would have happened regardless of the spiritual condition of Judas' heart. I have often seen him as not being able to forgive himself, which prevented him from believing that Jesus could or would forgive him.
 
I have always found this passage one of the most profound in all scriptures, similar to when Christ was on the cross and stated “father forgive them for they know not what they do”.
 
Irony, certainly. Jesus knew who would betray him.

But Judas was, also, by all appearances, Jesus's friend. They travelled together, shared meals together. Judas sat under Jesus's teaching and was entrusted with the disciples' money (not that he was actually trustworthy). What Judas plotted with the high priest was secret. He wasn't overtly Jesus's enemy.
 
ALAYMAN said:
And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭50

Was this sarcasm? Irony? Prophetic voice?

In what sense did Jesus use the word “friend” here?
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up to that point - from the moment judas began to follow Jesus - until the moment he chose to betray Him - they had been friends.... ....none of the other disciples were aware yet of what judas had done..... but Jesus knew and He chose to continue treating judas as a friend anyway... .. .... . like some have said it was an extension of mercy offering judas a chance to repent... . ...a friend is not simply someone who is a friend to us... it is also someone that we are a friend to......
 
How do we reconcile that with the fact that Judas was the one chosen to betray Jesus?

John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
 
By the Book said:
How do we reconcile that with the fact that Judas was the one chosen to betray Jesus?

John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
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I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.—Jn 13:18


No need to reconcile his sovereignty with our responsibility. Jesus was a friend of sinners.
 
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