BETRAYAL, VIOLENCE, SUBMISSION (5 OF 19)
Scripture: Matthew 26:47-56
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Betrayal, Violence, Submission (5 of 19)
Series: Cross Examination
Wyman Richardson
Matthew 26:47-56
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The religious establishment saw the threat of Jesus and realized that they needed to move against Him if the power structures they had built were going to be maintained. Having plotted and schemed, they found an open door in the treacherous heart of Judas. Now, in the garden of Gethsemane, they make their move. Here in the garden where Jesus' disciples slept and where He agonized, wicked men come to lay hands on the sinless Lamb of God. In doing so, they set in motion the most infamous and legally unjust proceedings in the history of the world. Even so, it was through these ignominious proceedings that God accomplished His great plan of salvation, for these proceedings will end with a cross and an empty tomb.
When we turn back to the garden, we see a number of revealing dynamics at play.
An act of betrayal intended to destroy.
First, we see the traitor, Judas, coming to perpetrate his heinous crime.
47 While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. 48 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, ''The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.'' 49 And he came up to Jesus at once and said, ''Greetings, Rabbi!'' And he kissed him. 50a Jesus said to him, ''Friend, do what you came to do.''
Shame is heaped upon shame as Judas feigns loyalty by referring to Jesus as ''Rabbi'' and then feigns friendship by kissing Jesus. This kiss was not in and of itself abnormal for that time and culture. Male friends might kiss each other in such away as a sign of filial devotion. However, A.T. Robertson notes that the verb used for ''kiss'' is katephilesen which means ''kissed him fervently.''
Could it be that Judas overplayed his hand in a fit of nerves? Could it be that his kiss was more fervent than was customary be ...
Series: Cross Examination
Wyman Richardson
Matthew 26:47-56
Read Matthew 26:47-56
The religious establishment saw the threat of Jesus and realized that they needed to move against Him if the power structures they had built were going to be maintained. Having plotted and schemed, they found an open door in the treacherous heart of Judas. Now, in the garden of Gethsemane, they make their move. Here in the garden where Jesus' disciples slept and where He agonized, wicked men come to lay hands on the sinless Lamb of God. In doing so, they set in motion the most infamous and legally unjust proceedings in the history of the world. Even so, it was through these ignominious proceedings that God accomplished His great plan of salvation, for these proceedings will end with a cross and an empty tomb.
When we turn back to the garden, we see a number of revealing dynamics at play.
An act of betrayal intended to destroy.
First, we see the traitor, Judas, coming to perpetrate his heinous crime.
47 While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. 48 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, ''The one I will kiss is the man; seize him.'' 49 And he came up to Jesus at once and said, ''Greetings, Rabbi!'' And he kissed him. 50a Jesus said to him, ''Friend, do what you came to do.''
Shame is heaped upon shame as Judas feigns loyalty by referring to Jesus as ''Rabbi'' and then feigns friendship by kissing Jesus. This kiss was not in and of itself abnormal for that time and culture. Male friends might kiss each other in such away as a sign of filial devotion. However, A.T. Robertson notes that the verb used for ''kiss'' is katephilesen which means ''kissed him fervently.''
Could it be that Judas overplayed his hand in a fit of nerves? Could it be that his kiss was more fervent than was customary be ...
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