He Named His Betrayer With a Pronoun, Not a Name
When Jesus identified his betrayer at the Last Supper, he never said 'Judas' — he used 'he' and 'one of you.'
Across all four gospel accounts of the Last Supper betrayal announcement, Jesus never once names Judas as his betrayer in direct speech. In Matthew 26:21–25, he says 'one of you shall betray me' and, when Judas directly asks 'Master, is it I?' Jesus responds with 'Thou hast said' — still no name. In Mark 14:18–20, he again says 'one of you which eateth with me shall betray me,' and when pressed narrows it only to 'one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.' In Luke 22:21–22, he says 'the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table' — 'him,' not 'Judas.' Only in John 13:26 does Jesus come closest to identification, saying 'He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it' — still a pronoun and a gesture, not a name spoken aloud. The gesture was private enough that even the disciples present didn't understand it (John 13:28). Jesus spoke Judas's name only once in all four gospels in direct speech, and it was not at the supper — it was at the arrest, in Luke 22:48: 'Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?' He named him only at the moment of contact, and only as a question.
Red Letter Sources
Matthew 26:21Matthew 26:23Matthew 26:25Mark 14:18Mark 14:20Luke 22:21Luke 22:22Luke 22:48John 13:26
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
Evidence Notes
A search of all red-letter discourse at the Last Supper across Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 22, and John 13 finds zero instances of Jesus speaking the name 'Judas' in the betrayal prediction. Pronouns ('one of you,' 'he,' 'him,' 'that dippeth') are used throughout. Luke 22:48 is the sole instance of Jesus speaking 'Judas' in any supper or arrest context, and it is phrased as a question. Verification requires reading every red-letter verse in the Last Supper and Gethsemane arrest narratives across all four gospels.
Greek Note
In John 13:26, the identifying phrase is 'ekeinos estin' — 'he it is' — a demonstrative pronoun construction, not a name. In Luke 22:48, 'Iouda' (Judas) appears in the vocative, used as direct address in a question rather than as identification of the betrayer to a third party.