Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

Acts 2: 22 – “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know – this Man, delivered up by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

·         Does this mean that God had decreed Judas to be a traitor and Judas had no choice?

No! Calvanism – predestination.  Man has a choice.

·         Jam 1:13 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man: but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

·         James 4:7 - “Submit therefore to God.  Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”

1.      God does arrange his plans though knowing they will be furthered by the behaviors of sinful people.  Ex. Pharoah in the old testament to multiply God’s signs and wonders, Judas in the new to set in motion the sacrifice of Jesus for our redemption.  (Passover Lamb and Deliverance)

2.      Purpose of this explanation... foreknowledge of God is not the same as a mandate or divine decree.  Judas/mankind acted upon their free will to betray and crucify Jesus.  – Ball Toss

A. Think how it would hurt to be betrayed by a friend and arrested on false charges.

·         I’ve never been arrested, but I’ve been betrayed by people I care about.

·         It is painful and discouraging.

B. My experience doesn’t even compare, however, to the betrayal and arrest of Jesus.

·         We often concentrate on His death, burial, and resurrection - and rightly so,

·         But from His betrayal and arrest we can learn about

·         the knowledge and wisdom of God,

·         the utter sinfulness of man,

·         the sacrificial love of Jesus.

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The betrayal and arrest of Jesus demonstrates:

1.      The knowledge and wisdom of God

·         The Betrayal had been prophecied

·         Jesus Knew He Would Be Betrayed, and by Whom

·         This was all within God’s foreknowledge as He planned for our redemption

2.      The utter sinfulness of man

·         Betrayal took place at night

·         Judas was a disciple and friend

·         Judas betrayed with a kiss

·         Judas betrayed Jesus for a mere 30 pieces of silver

·         Those who came to arrest Jesus treated Him like a vile, dangerous criminal

3.    The sacrificial love of Jesus

·         He allowed it to happen

·         Was looking out for others even with his life in Jeopardy

·         He could not save Himself and save us at the same time – He chose to save us.

BETRAYAL AND ARREST OF JESUS

Timeline of Scriptures

The Plot to Kill Jesus – Matt 26:1-5

¹ When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,
² "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion."
³ Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;
⁴ and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
⁵ But they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people."

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Judas's Bargain - Matt: 26:14-19

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
¹⁵ and said, "What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?" And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him.
¹⁶ From then on he began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus.
¹⁷ Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?"
¹⁸ And He said, "Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, " My time is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples."'"
¹⁹ The disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.
……………Significance of the 30 pieces – Ex. 21:32 – Replacement value of slave…………………………

Acknowledgement (The Last Passover) - Matt: 26:20-25, John 13:18-30, Mark 14:20-21

 

Matt: 26:20

²⁰ Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

John 13: 18-22

¹⁸ " I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.'
¹⁹ "From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.
²⁰ "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."
²¹ When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me."
²² The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.

…………………Ps. 41:6-12…………………

Matt. 26:22

²² Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, "Surely not I, Lord?"

John 13:23-25
²³ There was reclining on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
²⁴ So Simon Peter gestured to him, and said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking."
²⁵ He, leaning back thus on Jesus' bosom, said to Him, "Lord, who is it?"

Mark 14:20-21
²⁰ And He said to them, “ It is one of the twelve, one who dips with Me in the bowl.” (Mt. 26:23)
²¹ "The Son of Man is to go, just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born."

John 13:26-27
²⁶ Jesus then answered, "That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him." So when He had dipped the morsel, He took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
²⁷ After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."

Matt. 26:25
²⁵ And Judas, who was betraying Him, said, "Surely it is not I, Rabbi?" Jesus said to him, " You have said it yourself."

John 13:28-30
²⁸ Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him.
²⁹ For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, "Buy the things we have need of for the feast"; or else, that he should give something to the poor. (John 12:6)

³⁰ So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and it was night.

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Prophecy - Matt 26:31-35

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK SHALL BE  SCATTERED.'
³² "But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee."  (John 21:1)
³³ But Peter said to Him, "Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away."
³⁴ Jesus said to him, " Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times."
³⁵ Peter said to Him, " Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You." All the disciples said the same thing too.

………John 21:1 – Christ fulfills prophecy..……Remember this Sheep Prophecy for Later!………………

Betrayal and Arrest  Matt 26:45-56, Mark 14:51-52, Luke 22:48-49, 51, 53, John 18:2-13

Mathew 26:45-48 – (Garden of Gethsemane)

⁴⁵ Then He came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
⁴⁶ "Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!" 
⁴⁷ While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

John 18:3-9

³ Judas then, having received the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
⁴ So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and said to them, "Whom do you seek?"
⁵ They answered Him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He said to them, "I am He." And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.
⁶ So when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground.
⁷ Therefore He again asked them, " Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
⁸ Jesus answered, "I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,"
⁹ to fulfill the word which He spoke, " Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one."

………………Jesus Kept the 12 safe – John 17:12………………………

Mathew 26:48
⁴⁸ Now he who was betraying Him gave them a sign, saying, "Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him."

Luke 22: 48

⁴⁸ But Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"
 

Matthew 49-50
⁴⁹ Immediately Judas went to Jesus and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed Him.
⁵⁰ And Jesus said to him, " Friend, do what you have come for." Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and seized Him.

………………What disgusting sinfullness………………………

Luke 22:49

⁴⁹ When those who were around Him saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?"

John 18:10-11

¹⁰ Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave's name was Malchus.
¹¹ So Jesus said to Peter, "Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?"

Luke 22:51

⁵¹ But Jesus answered and said, "Stop! No more of this." And He touched his ear and healed him.

…………Love thy neighbor, turn the other cheek, love your enemies……………………………

Mathew 26: 52-55
⁵² Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.
⁵³ "Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
⁵⁴ "How then will the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?"
⁵⁵ At that time Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Every day I used to sit in the temple teaching and you did not seize Me.

Luke 22: 53

⁵³ "While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours."

Mathew 26:56
⁵⁶ "But all this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures of the prophets." Then all the disciples left Him and fled.

……Prophecy about sheep mentioned before. Zechariah 13:7…

Mark 14:51-52

⁵¹ A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they seized him.
⁵² But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.

            Purpose?  Maybe more willing to run naked then stay with Jesus……

John 18: 12-13

¹² So the Roman cohort and the commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,
¹³ and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

………………Feared Jesus so much they bound Him?………………………
Peter Denies - Luke 22:54-62, John 18:15-16

Luke 22:54-62

⁵⁴ Having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but Peter was following at a distance.

John 18:15-16

¹⁵ Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest,
¹⁶ but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

Luke 22:55-62
⁵⁵ After they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter was sitting among them.
⁵⁶ And a servant-girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and looking intently at him, said, "This man was with Him too."
⁵⁷ But he denied it, saying, "Woman, I do not know Him."
⁵⁸ A little later, another saw him and said, "You are one of them too!" But Peter said, "Man, I am not!"
⁵⁹ After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, saying, "Certainly this man also was with Him, for he is a Galilean too."
⁶⁰ But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are talking about." Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
⁶¹ The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, " Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times."
⁶² And he went out and wept bitterly.

……………Jesus, Knowing man’s sinfullness, loves us anyway…………………………

Judas Death -  Matt 27:1-10

¹ Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;
² and they bound Him, and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor.
³ Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
⁴ saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? See to that yourself!"
⁵ And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
⁶ The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood."
⁷ And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers.
⁸ For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
⁹ Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel;
¹⁰ AND THEY GAVE THEM FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, AS THE LORD DIRECTED ME."

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Zechariah  11:12-13

6 Details to Examine: 1 – 30 Shekels not – 25, 31, 10, etc.   2 - Silver not gold   3 - Potter is recipient of money

4 – Money is brought into house of Lord – Not street or elsewhere        5 - Money is thrown 

6 - Value prophecied of Jesus

Acts 1:15-20 - Peter tells of further prophecy concerning Judas. – Fulfills Ps. 69:25 and Ps. 109:8

BETRAYAL AND ARREST OF JESUS

(John 18:1-11)

INTRODUCTION

A. Think how it would hurt to be betrayed by a friend and arrested on false charges.

1. I’ve never been arrested, but I’ve been betrayed by people I care about.

2. It is painful and discouraging.

B. My experience doesn’t even compare, however, to the betrayal and arrest of Jesus.

1. We often concentrate on His death, burial, and resurrection - and rightly so

2. But from His betrayal and arrest there is a wealth of information about the knowledge and wisdom of God, the utter sinfulness of man, and the sacrificial love of
Jesus.

DISCUSSION

A. HOW JESUS’ BETRAYAL AND ARREST SHOW GOD’S KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM

1. The betrayal had been prophesied:

a. Psalm 41:9

b. Zechariah 11:12-13

2. Jesus knew He would be betrayed, and by whom

a. John 6:64

b. John 6:70-71 _ this was approximately 1 year before the event

c. Matthew 26:25 _ Jesus even told Judas plainly that He knew (though the other disciples seem not to have understood this).

3. This was all within God’s foreknowledge as He planned for our redemption _ Acts 2:23 _ "delivered up" is from the same general family as
"betrayed"

a. NOT that God "decreed" that Judas would be a traitor (as per Calvinism)

b. Judas sinned, and was personally responsible for it

1) Satan entered Judas _ Luke 22:3

2) James 4:7 _ he cannot control us without our cooperation

3) God has often used sinful people in the accomplishing of His purposes (e.g. Pharaoh)

4) Foreknowledge is not the same as a divine decree - Judas exercised his free will in doing what he did (else God would be unjust)

c. God wisely arranged that His purpose (i.e. to give Jesus as the atonement sacrifice for our sins) would be furthered by Judas’ sinful behavior.

B. HOW JESUS’ BETRAYAL AND ARREST DEMONSTRATES THE UTTER SINFULNESS OF MAN

1. Notice when it took place - at NIGHT

a. Luke 22:53 _ "this is your hour" - they wouldn’t touch Him during the day in public - for they feared the people (Lk. 22:2)

b. 1 Thessalonians 5:7 _ shameful activity tends to be concentrated at night (trying to hide it)

2. Judas the betrayer was a disciple and friend!

a. Seven times the Gospels emphasize that he was "one of the twelve" e.g. _ Matthew 26:14-15

b. Psalm 41:9

c. Jesus confronted him _ Matthew 26:50

d. That anyone would deliver Jesus to His enemies is bad enough - that a disciple and friend would do so boggles the imagination!

3. Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss!

a. The “kiss” was the common greeting of friendship and brotherly love _ Luke 7:44-45

b. Jesus confronted him with the hypocrisy of his action _ Luke 22:48

4. Judas betrayed Jesus for a mere 30 pieces of silver

a. Exodus 21:32 _ price of a slave

b. Zechariah 11:13 _ sarcastically calls it “a goodly price that I was prised at of them”

c. That anyone would "sell out" the Lord for any price is shameful - but such a low price adds insult to injury!

d. Illustration: we would despise any traitor to our country - but to betray America for a few hundred dollars would be that much more difficult to comprehend

5. Those who came to arrest Jesus treated Him like a vile, dangerous criminal

a. The mob included officers from the Sanhedrin as well as a detachment of Roman soldiers (John 18:3).

b. Jesus confronted them with the irony of their actions _ Matthew 26:55

C. HOW THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST OF JESUS DEMONSTRATES HIS SACRIFICIAL LOVE

1. He allowed this to happen to Himself - did nothing to strike back or even defend Himself

a. Refused to allow Peter to defend Him by force

b. Could have called 12 legions of angels to deliver Him, but did not (Matt. 26:53)

2. Even as His own life was in jeopardy, He was looking out for the well-being of His disciples _ John 18:8

CONCLUSION

A. The betrayal and arrest of Jesus demonstrates:

1. The knowledge and wisdom of God

2. The utter sinfulness of man

3. The sacrificial love of Jesus

B. God knew all the while that it would happen, so He incorporated these events into the over-all plan to save sinful people by giving Jesus as the sacrifice for sin.

C. Jesus, in His infinite love, permitted Himself to be betrayed and arrested, though it was well within His power to escape it.

D. He could not save Himself and save us at the same time - He chose to save us.