17:12 the son of destruction. The same term is used to denote the Antichrist in 2 Thess. 2:3. This fulfills Ps. 41:9. Judas’s betrayal was necessary for the fulfillment of many other passages descriptive of our Lord’s suffering. Jesus understood many Scriptures as containing prophetic announcements of various details of His messianic career. He stressed that all these would be fulfilled because they were the Word of God.