Lesson 2385

(Lesson 2385)(06-26-18) Matthew 26:14-25
    “Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: 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. Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.”
    In today’s quote, Judas Iscariot bargained with the Jewish hierarchy to betray Jesus to His death.
    Also, in the latter part of the quote, Jesus made it known that He had always known who it was that would betray Him.
    This lesson spurs mixed emotions. On the one hand it makes us sad that Jesus was betrayed by one of His own and would be killed because of that betrayal. On the other hand, the lesson encourages gladness in the hearts of those who realize that Jesus would, of a necessity, sacrifice His own life for the sins of all of us who have, and will, place our faith in Him.~