Yes, when Jesus was down on his knees and his dead and begged, "Judas, please.", he was begging for his betrayal and not for his life, as that was part of the plan all along, but it was important that Harr---, er, Peter not be told any of this because he had important work to do, which included the three denials before the cock crowed and finding the Invisibility Shroud, the Crown of Thorns and the Staff of Ra...
I may be confusing two different books here . . .