Matthew 27:1-10; Mark 15:1; Luke 22:66-71
1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death. 2 And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 3 Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
Matthew 27:1-10
And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”
5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.” 7 And they consulted together and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. 8 Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
9 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, 10 and gave them for the potter’s field, as the LORD directed me.”
1 Immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.
Mark 15:1 (NKJV)
66 As soon as it was day, the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, came together and led Him into their council, saying, 67 “If You are the Christ, tell us.”
Luke 22:66–71 (NKJV)
But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will by no means believe. 68 And if I also ask you, you will by no means answer Me or let Me go. 69 Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of God.”
70 Then they all said, “Are You then the Son of God?”
So He said to them, “You rightly say that I am.”
71 And they said, “What further testimony do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth.”
These Scriptures illustrate the distinction between the innocent and the guilty getting their day in court. Jesus was unjustly taken before the high priest, while Judas, knowing he was guilty of betrayal, tried to give back the money paid Him by the Jewish leadership. In the process, Jesus was convicted by a sham Jewish trial, while Judas was considered innocent and irrelevant to all the proceedings. Jesus died on a cross for others’ sins, while Judas died by his own hand for the guilt of his own sin. The only efficacious death was that of Christ, while the useless death of Judas was just that: useless.
LIVE@5 – November 23, 2021
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