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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"The Son of Man goeth, as it is written of Him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It had been good for that man if he had not been born." And these things again He said, both to restore the disciples, that they might not think the thing was a sign of weakness, and to amend the traitor. "But woe unto that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born." See again in His rebukes His unspeakable meekness. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Then Christ said, "The Son of Man goeth as it is written of Him," that is, even though it is preordained that Christ suffer for the salvation of the world, Judas of course is not to be honored for the part he played, but rather, woe to him! For he did not do this deed in cooperation with God's will; instead he did it out of his own malice. For if you consider well, Christ [in His human nature] did not desire beforehand to be crucified; He shows this when He prays that the cup might be taken from Him. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
And if it be contended that there is a life before this life, that will prove that not only not for Judas, but for none other is it good to have been born. Can it mean, that it were better for him not to have been born to the Devil, namely, for sin? Or does it mean that it had been good for him not to have been born to Christ at his calling, that he should now become apostate?
Jerome
Woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. Neither at first nor at second exposure to treachery does he retract his step, but the patience of the Lord nurtures his impudence, and in the day of wrath he accumulates wrath for himself (Rom. II). Punishment is predicted, so that those whom shame did not conquer, may be corrected by proclaimed punishments. …
Thomas Aquinas
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him. What are you saying, that you will be betrayed? He says, the Son of man goeth, namely, of his own will. He was offered because it was his own will, as it is written, Isaiah 53:7. Hence the passion was foretold by the prophets, as we read in Luke 24:27: and beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things that were concerning him. And so nothing harms the Son of man, because what happens is what he himself ordained. …
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