WEBVTT 00:00:05.129 --> 00:00:07.929 Well, here we are another week, another episode 00:00:07.929 --> 00:00:12.050 of the Semi -Seminarian. In this episode, we're 00:00:12.050 --> 00:00:14.990 going to take the four gospel accounts of the 00:00:14.990 --> 00:00:16.969 life of Jesus, and we're going to put them together 00:00:16.969 --> 00:00:23.089 to paint a complete picture of that last week 00:00:23.089 --> 00:00:26.589 of Jesus's life, a week that we Christians call 00:00:26.589 --> 00:00:29.410 Holy Week. In this episode, we're going to examine 00:00:29.410 --> 00:00:33.869 the momentous events that take place in the final 00:00:33.869 --> 00:00:38.689 week. of Jesus's life. We'll see you on the other 00:00:38.689 --> 00:00:45.590 side. So we'll just see what happens. We're going 00:00:45.590 --> 00:00:48.149 to begin tonight in the 11th chapter of John. 00:00:48.270 --> 00:00:50.990 What we're going to do is synthesize the four 00:00:50.990 --> 00:00:54.310 gospels accounts to kind of present a fulsome 00:00:54.310 --> 00:00:58.240 timeline of the Holy Week. And so what we're 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:01.060 going to do is we're going to begin before Holy 00:01:01.060 --> 00:01:03.560 Week. And if you've been with us on Sunday and 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:06.219 you've been with us at dinner church, we're kind 00:01:06.219 --> 00:01:09.159 of just we have been walking these steps kind 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:12.859 of chronologically together. And so if you recall, 00:01:13.019 --> 00:01:16.500 when we had the discussion about Mary of Bethany 00:01:16.500 --> 00:01:20.099 and her brother Lazarus. whom Jesus would raise 00:01:20.099 --> 00:01:22.340 from the dead. We're going to finish that story 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:26.000 today as that leads right up to Holy Week. So 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:30.120 John 11, verse 33, When Jesus saw her weeping, 00:01:30.140 --> 00:01:34.260 that's Mary of Bethany, and the Jews who had 00:01:34.260 --> 00:01:38.420 come along with her also weeping, he, that's 00:01:38.420 --> 00:01:42.040 Jesus, was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:46.400 So they are at the place of the resurrection 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:49.760 of Lazarus. And if you recall, there were a number 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:53.239 of people from Jerusalem that had made the trek 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:57.120 up to Bethany to consult Mary and Martha on the 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.719 loss of their brother. So there is a crowd of 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:03.780 people, not only Galileans, but also folks from 00:02:03.780 --> 00:02:07.799 Jerusalem. And when Jesus saw his good friend 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:12.319 Mary crying and the Jews who had come from Jerusalem 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:15.719 also crying, he was deeply moved in spirit and 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:20.250 troubled. He's troubled because Jesus knows that 00:02:20.250 --> 00:02:22.210 what he's about to do in front of this crowd 00:02:22.210 --> 00:02:25.110 is going to get back to the people in Jerusalem. 00:02:25.750 --> 00:02:28.949 And whenever the story of him raising Lazarus 00:02:28.949 --> 00:02:31.250 from the dead gets back to the authorities in 00:02:31.250 --> 00:02:33.870 Jerusalem, this is going to be a game changer. 00:02:34.349 --> 00:02:38.129 And Jesus was right. When he had said this, Jesus 00:02:38.129 --> 00:02:41.069 called out in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out. 00:02:41.129 --> 00:02:43.189 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped 00:02:43.189 --> 00:02:45.409 with strips of linen and a cloth around his face. 00:02:46.030 --> 00:02:47.969 Jesus said to them, take off the grave clothes 00:02:47.969 --> 00:02:51.789 and let him go. Therefore, many of the Jews who 00:02:51.789 --> 00:02:55.250 had come to visit Mary, these Jerusalemites who 00:02:55.250 --> 00:02:58.289 had come to Bethany, had seen what Jesus did 00:02:58.289 --> 00:03:02.710 and they believed in him. We are in verse 46 00:03:02.710 --> 00:03:06.110 of chapter 11 of John there. But some of them 00:03:06.110 --> 00:03:09.250 went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus 00:03:09.250 --> 00:03:12.229 had done. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees 00:03:12.229 --> 00:03:15.090 called a meeting of the Sanhedrin, the Supreme 00:03:15.090 --> 00:03:18.770 Court. What are we accomplishing, they ask. Here 00:03:18.770 --> 00:03:20.969 is this man performing many signs, and if we 00:03:20.969 --> 00:03:24.250 let him go on like this, everyone will believe 00:03:24.250 --> 00:03:27.270 in him, and then the Romans will come and take 00:03:27.270 --> 00:03:30.430 away both our temple and our nation. It's interesting 00:03:30.430 --> 00:03:32.889 to me that these religious scholars would see 00:03:32.889 --> 00:03:36.810 that as the consequence of people believing in 00:03:36.810 --> 00:03:40.689 Jesus. But the Romans would take away our stuff. 00:03:42.699 --> 00:03:45.939 Then one of them, named Caiaphas, the high priest 00:03:45.939 --> 00:03:50.500 that year, spoke up and I think unironically 00:03:50.500 --> 00:03:54.759 says, you know nothing at all. You do not, not 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:57.620 intentionally ironic. You do not realize that 00:03:57.620 --> 00:04:00.139 it is better for you that one man die for the 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:04.360 people than the whole nation perish. When it 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:06.360 was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:10.330 went up from the country. from this Galilean 00:04:10.330 --> 00:04:13.030 region to Jerusalem for the ceremonial cleansing 00:04:13.030 --> 00:04:15.370 before the Passover. They kept looking for Jesus 00:04:15.370 --> 00:04:18.250 as they stood in the temple courts and they asked 00:04:18.250 --> 00:04:21.189 one another, what do you think? Is he coming 00:04:21.189 --> 00:04:23.829 to the festival at all? But the chief priests 00:04:23.829 --> 00:04:26.089 and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone 00:04:26.089 --> 00:04:28.930 who found out where Jesus was should report it 00:04:28.930 --> 00:04:32.310 so that they might arrest him. This is the political 00:04:32.310 --> 00:04:36.089 and social climate in Jerusalem on the eve of 00:04:36.089 --> 00:04:39.250 the beginning of Holy Week. So let's look at 00:04:39.250 --> 00:04:42.329 that first day that's called Palm Sunday that 00:04:42.329 --> 00:04:45.329 we'll celebrate this Sunday. Let's go to the 00:04:45.329 --> 00:04:49.129 gospel according to Mark, the 11th chapter. We're 00:04:49.129 --> 00:04:51.149 going to begin right at that first verse of the 00:04:51.149 --> 00:04:54.430 gospel according to Mark. Again, I'm going to 00:04:54.430 --> 00:04:55.910 start at the first verse and I'm going to kind 00:04:55.910 --> 00:04:58.569 of go a little bit fast tonight. So you turn 00:04:58.569 --> 00:05:01.410 to Mark there and you can catch up with us as 00:05:01.410 --> 00:05:05.189 we go. As they approached Jerusalem. And they 00:05:05.189 --> 00:05:08.430 came to Bethphage, that's Bethphage or the place, 00:05:08.449 --> 00:05:12.730 the house of the early fig in Hebrew. As they 00:05:12.730 --> 00:05:16.009 approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage or 00:05:16.009 --> 00:05:18.209 Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives. 00:05:18.290 --> 00:05:22.430 Here's the Mount of Olives. This is the city 00:05:22.430 --> 00:05:24.889 walls of Jerusalem in the first century. Okay, 00:05:24.970 --> 00:05:29.730 there's Bethany. So there's where we're at. Jesus 00:05:29.730 --> 00:05:31.490 sent two of his disciples, saying to them, Go 00:05:31.490 --> 00:05:33.689 to the village ahead of you, and just as you 00:05:33.689 --> 00:05:35.850 enter it, you'll find a colt tied there, which 00:05:35.850 --> 00:05:39.050 no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it 00:05:39.050 --> 00:05:41.829 here, and if anyone asks why you're doing this, 00:05:41.870 --> 00:05:43.709 say the Lord needs it, and we'll send it back 00:05:43.709 --> 00:05:47.209 shortly. They went and found a colt outside in 00:05:47.209 --> 00:05:49.990 the street tied to a doorway. As they untied 00:05:49.990 --> 00:05:52.550 it, some people did in fact ask, Hey, what are 00:05:52.550 --> 00:05:55.649 you doing? They answered as Jesus had told them, 00:05:55.670 --> 00:05:58.040 and the people let them go. When they brought 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.459 the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over 00:06:00.459 --> 00:06:03.540 it, he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks 00:06:03.540 --> 00:06:06.600 on the road, while others spread branches that 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:09.139 they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead 00:06:09.139 --> 00:06:12.600 and those who followed shouted, Hosanna. Blessed 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.319 is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:18.939 is the coming kingdom of our father David, Hosanna 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:21.459 in the highest of heaven. That's a quotation 00:06:21.459 --> 00:06:26.759 of the prophecy of Zechariah. Verse 11. Jesus 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:30.579 entered Jerusalem, right? Right here. Entered 00:06:30.579 --> 00:06:34.079 Jerusalem and went to the temple courts. But 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:38.000 since it was already late, he went out, the way 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:43.220 he came in, to Bethany with the twelve. Triumphant 00:06:43.220 --> 00:06:46.639 entrance into Jerusalem that day of Jesus. He 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:49.560 goes to the temple. It's too late to start any 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:53.199 trouble. Let's go back home. When Jesus rode 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:56.019 into Jerusalem perched on that colt, it was the 00:06:56.019 --> 00:06:58.779 first time since raising Lazarus from the dead 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:01.779 that he had shown his face within the city. The 00:07:01.779 --> 00:07:04.480 story of Lazarus' resurrection had circulated 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:08.579 so that many regarded Jesus as a celebrity. Everyone 00:07:08.579 --> 00:07:11.240 wanted to catch a glimpse of him. They went out 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:13.019 to meet him and they received him like a king 00:07:13.019 --> 00:07:15.459 because they had heard he had done this. Jesus 00:07:15.459 --> 00:07:18.560 said Lazarus' death would end in the faith of 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:22.089 many. and in the glory of God, that the Son of 00:07:22.089 --> 00:07:25.269 God may be glorified through it. But the glory 00:07:25.269 --> 00:07:27.930 that he had in mind was even more glorious than 00:07:27.930 --> 00:07:31.649 this triumphant entrance into Jerusalem. In fact, 00:07:31.790 --> 00:07:34.569 he wasn't referring to the glory that these people 00:07:34.569 --> 00:07:37.970 gave him at all. Lazarus' resurrection would 00:07:37.970 --> 00:07:40.870 steal the resolve of these religious leaders 00:07:40.870 --> 00:07:44.610 to hand Jesus over to a death that he would embrace, 00:07:44.930 --> 00:07:48.660 a death though he would conquer. That was the 00:07:48.660 --> 00:07:51.139 glory he meant. As he rode into Jerusalem, the 00:07:51.139 --> 00:07:53.759 people cried, your king is coming. They praised 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:56.740 his victory over Lazarus' death. The irony was 00:07:56.740 --> 00:07:58.879 he wasn't coming to claim his crown on account 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:02.079 of Lazarus' death and resurrection, but account 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:05.860 of his own. Jesus enters on a colt through the 00:08:05.860 --> 00:08:11.220 golden or eastern gate of the city on the same 00:08:11.220 --> 00:08:15.399 day that Pilate, traveling from his coastal home 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:19.389 here in Caesarea, on a war horse, would come 00:08:19.389 --> 00:08:22.790 in through the west or Joppa gate. This is the 00:08:22.790 --> 00:08:26.670 front door of the city of Jerusalem. This is 00:08:26.670 --> 00:08:32.049 the back door. The Roman Empire, represented 00:08:32.049 --> 00:08:34.509 by the governor Pilate, comes on a war horse 00:08:34.509 --> 00:08:38.490 triumphantly into the city of Jerusalem that 00:08:38.490 --> 00:08:43.789 beginning of Passover. Jesus, the Messiah, riding 00:08:43.789 --> 00:08:50.379 a colt, comes in. Through the back door. So, 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:56.120 Monday. Mark chapter 11. I believe we were in 00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:01.120 Mark, maybe? Beginning with verse 15. On reaching 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:04.799 Jerusalem, this is the next day. Jesus entered 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:07.059 the temple courts and began driving out those 00:09:07.059 --> 00:09:08.840 who were buying and selling there. He overturned 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:11.200 the tables of money changers and the benches 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.679 of those selling doves. And if you recall from 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:16.179 our study of the Gospel of Matthew, the reason 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:18.480 why he would have been particularly upset with 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:21.240 the selling of doves for sacrifice is because 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:23.940 who were the people that bought doves for sacrifice? 00:09:24.779 --> 00:09:27.120 Poor people who couldn't afford the Passover 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:31.509 lamb. So the people, the money changers, Those 00:09:31.509 --> 00:09:34.169 selling the doves were particularly taking advantage 00:09:34.169 --> 00:09:37.470 of the poor who were just trying to do what they 00:09:37.470 --> 00:09:40.009 were supposed to do for atonement in the Passover 00:09:40.009 --> 00:09:44.269 service. It would not allow anyone to carry merchandise 00:09:44.269 --> 00:09:50.309 to the temple courts. Was a dove allowed as a 00:09:50.309 --> 00:09:55.470 sacrifice? Yes, it was. But remember, it's not 00:09:55.470 --> 00:09:58.529 the sacrifice that's the issue with Jesus. The 00:09:58.529 --> 00:10:03.309 sacrifice is... is that Caiaphas had moved the 00:10:03.309 --> 00:10:06.149 money changers from outside the temple courts 00:10:06.149 --> 00:10:09.649 into the temple courts and was taking a cut. 00:10:09.850 --> 00:10:13.750 So whenever you come from Caesarea and you use 00:10:13.750 --> 00:10:15.529 a different money than they use in Jerusalem, 00:10:15.830 --> 00:10:18.830 just like if we fly to Ireland or wherever and 00:10:18.830 --> 00:10:21.629 we've got to change dollars for euros, it isn't 00:10:21.629 --> 00:10:25.389 one dollar for one euro, is it? And the person 00:10:25.389 --> 00:10:28.169 that's taking my dollar for whatever euros is 00:10:28.169 --> 00:10:30.210 not only going to give me the currency rate, 00:10:30.350 --> 00:10:33.250 but is also going to take a percentage for helping 00:10:33.250 --> 00:10:38.769 me out. Right? The priests are taking a cut off 00:10:38.769 --> 00:10:42.429 the top of these poor people by selling them 00:10:42.429 --> 00:10:46.409 the sacrificial doves in the temple courts. Jesus 00:10:46.409 --> 00:10:49.649 didn't see this as a sacrifice. He saw this as 00:10:49.649 --> 00:10:54.059 merchandise. He would not allow anyone. to carry 00:10:54.059 --> 00:10:56.940 merchandise through the temple courts. And as 00:10:56.940 --> 00:10:59.840 he taught them, he said, is it not written, my 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:01.879 house will be called the house of prayer of nations, 00:11:02.139 --> 00:11:05.580 but you've turned it into a den of robbers. The 00:11:05.580 --> 00:11:07.399 chief priests and the teachers of the law heard 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:09.980 this and began looking for a way to kill him, 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:14.279 for they feared him, because the whole crowd 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:20.019 was amazed at his teaching. When evening of Monday 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:24.179 came, Jesus and his disciples, went out of the 00:11:24.179 --> 00:11:31.059 city, returning to Bethany. If Jerusalem was 00:11:31.059 --> 00:11:35.379 a beehive, with his triumphant entry on that 00:11:35.379 --> 00:11:38.559 Palm Sunday, Jesus had now hit that beehive with 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:41.960 a stick. You could hear the buzz grow as the 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:46.779 anger within the city became organized. His kingly 00:11:46.779 --> 00:11:49.779 arrival was a strong declaration about his authority 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:53.179 over the conventions of man. On Monday, Jesus 00:11:53.179 --> 00:11:57.200 returns to the temple for more, this time to 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:59.779 declare the failure of God's people to live up 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:02.500 to the covenant mandate to be a blessing to the 00:12:02.500 --> 00:12:06.559 world. Much of what the Gospels talk about with 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:09.879 regard to Monday centers on the theme of Jesus' 00:12:10.179 --> 00:12:14.919 authority. Both over the created world and his 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:18.840 right to judge it. Everything Jesus did, he did 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:22.019 with authority. So when he awoke his disciples 00:12:22.019 --> 00:12:24.919 that Monday morning saying he wanted to go back 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.179 into Jerusalem and teach, as risky as it sounded, 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:33.700 it was not surprising. Everyone sensed something 00:12:33.700 --> 00:12:38.340 was stirring. As if Jesus had rounded a corner 00:12:38.340 --> 00:12:43.879 and his end was coming up fast. Jesus was a marked 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:48.179 man. Let's turn to the gospel according to Luke, 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:51.240 the 20th chapter. We're going to look at Tuesday. 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:56.639 Tuesday is Jesus' day of teaching and preaching. 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:59.919 So let's turn to Luke chapter 20, and we're going 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:03.080 to begin at verse 9. And this is a parable that 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:07.539 we spoke about last time we met together. We 00:13:07.539 --> 00:13:09.779 talked about the gospel according to Matthew. 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:16.039 And Jesus teaches a number of parables, pronounces 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:19.700 a number of woes upon the Pharisees during this 00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:22.159 day of teaching and preaching. But because we 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:24.159 only really have an hour, I just want to focus 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:27.000 on one story. It happens to be the one that I 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:30.919 think hits the nail on the head about the relationship 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:36.779 between God, Jesus, and the world. So he went 00:13:36.779 --> 00:13:38.720 on to tell the people about this parable. A man 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:41.539 planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers, 00:13:42.029 --> 00:13:45.610 and went away for a long time. At harvest time, 00:13:45.870 --> 00:13:49.669 he sent a servant to the tenants, the guys who 00:13:49.669 --> 00:13:52.549 work the farm, so they would give him some of 00:13:52.549 --> 00:13:55.870 the fruit of the vineyard. But instead of living 00:13:55.870 --> 00:13:59.610 up to the negotiated deal, the tenants beat the 00:13:59.610 --> 00:14:04.090 servant and sent him away empty -handed. So the 00:14:04.090 --> 00:14:08.350 owner sends another servant. That when they also 00:14:08.350 --> 00:14:11.370 beat and treated shamefully and sent away this 00:14:11.370 --> 00:14:14.789 servant empty -handed, he sent a third and they 00:14:14.789 --> 00:14:19.809 wounded him and threw him out. Then the owner 00:14:19.809 --> 00:14:22.990 of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I know 00:14:22.990 --> 00:14:29.309 I'll send my son whom I love. Perhaps they will 00:14:29.309 --> 00:14:34.909 respect him. But when the tenants saw the son, 00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:39.019 They talk the matter over. This is the heir, 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.840 they say. Let's kill him and the inheritance 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:47.100 will be ours. Okay, let's just stop and take 00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:49.940 stock of the characters here. The owner of the 00:14:49.940 --> 00:14:53.559 vineyard is God. The vineyard is the world, right? 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:56.399 The tenant farmers are the religious leaders, 00:14:56.700 --> 00:15:01.700 right? Who are the servants? The prophets, the 00:15:01.700 --> 00:15:04.590 Old Testament prophets. The one who had come 00:15:04.590 --> 00:15:07.529 and said it's time to give the master his cut. 00:15:08.289 --> 00:15:10.490 Right? But the people didn't want to hear the 00:15:10.490 --> 00:15:12.610 word of the prophets. And they cut the prophets 00:15:12.610 --> 00:15:15.509 down. They cut Isaiah down. They cut Jeremiah 00:15:15.509 --> 00:15:20.529 down. They cut Zechariah down. Right? The servants. 00:15:20.929 --> 00:15:24.429 And finally the owner, God, says I'll send my 00:15:24.429 --> 00:15:29.269 son. Surely they will respect him. He is my son, 00:15:29.350 --> 00:15:33.059 not just some servant. So the son comes. and 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:35.259 says, hey, it's time to give your due respect 00:15:35.259 --> 00:15:40.139 to the owner. The tenants somehow in their mind 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:43.320 get it wrapped around their heads that if they 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.740 kill the son, somehow they would inherit the 00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:49.279 vineyard. Now, does that make any sense whatsoever? 00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:54.480 None. That shows you the ludicracy of the thought 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:57.000 process that is going on. That's why I picked 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:59.960 this particular story, because this one just 00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:03.870 stands out to me as, perfectly descriptive of 00:16:03.870 --> 00:16:06.769 what I imagine the Pharisees and the Sadducees, 00:16:06.830 --> 00:16:09.110 the religious leaders of the day, were thinking. 00:16:09.210 --> 00:16:14.070 They were thinking somehow that they had received 00:16:14.070 --> 00:16:17.750 ownership of the vineyard. Somehow, somewhere 00:16:17.750 --> 00:16:20.149 along the way, the vineyard had become theirs 00:16:20.149 --> 00:16:24.789 and not God's. But the vineyard's always been 00:16:24.789 --> 00:16:32.580 God's. So they threw him out. Of the vineyard 00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:37.340 and killed him. What then will the owner of the 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:40.379 vineyard do? Jesus says. He will come and kill 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:43.700 those tenants. And give the vineyard to others. 00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:47.080 When the people heard this they said God forbid. 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:52.059 Jesus looked directly at them. These Pharisees 00:16:52.059 --> 00:16:55.740 and Sadducees. And asked them what is the meaning 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:59.659 of. which is written, the stone the builders 00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:02.700 rejected has become the cornerstone. Everyone 00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:04.839 who falls on the stone will be broken to pieces. 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:07.380 Anyone on whom it falls will be crushed. The 00:17:07.380 --> 00:17:10.279 teachers of the law and the chief priests look 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:16.559 for a way to arrest him immediately. Why? Because 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:20.200 they knew he had spoken this parable against 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:25.700 them. They knew. These were smart guys. And when 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:28.380 they heard Jesus say this story, they realized 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:33.039 the part they played in the story. But they were 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:39.799 afraid of the people. Luke chapter 20, verse 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:45.880 45. While all the people were listening, were 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.460 teaching and preaching here, Jesus said to his 00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:52.640 disciples, beware of the teachers of the law. 00:17:53.289 --> 00:17:55.690 They like to walk around in flowing robes and 00:17:55.690 --> 00:17:58.309 love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces 00:17:58.309 --> 00:18:01.269 and have the most important seats in the synagogues 00:18:01.269 --> 00:18:03.809 and the places of honor at banquets. They devour 00:18:03.809 --> 00:18:08.109 widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. 00:18:08.269 --> 00:18:12.589 These men will be punished most severely. This 00:18:12.589 --> 00:18:16.990 is Luke reporting Jesus' commentary to his disciples. 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:21.240 After the seven woes, there are seven woes that 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:24.380 Jesus gives to the parables in this teaching 00:18:24.380 --> 00:18:27.400 discourse. And so this is what Jesus is telling 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:32.380 his disciples. This is the last time that we'll 00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:36.859 hear Jesus confronting the Pharisees and Sadducees 00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:40.049 in this way. If Monday's arrival in the temple 00:18:40.049 --> 00:18:43.710 was an all -inclusive living parable of the cleansing 00:18:43.710 --> 00:18:47.369 of God's house, Tuesday's entrance is a direct 00:18:47.369 --> 00:18:50.549 verbal confrontation with the appointed leadership. 00:18:51.269 --> 00:18:53.829 After Jesus clarifies that he does not regard 00:18:53.829 --> 00:18:56.849 these leaders as having authority over him, he 00:18:56.849 --> 00:18:59.210 spends the rest of the day right there in the 00:18:59.210 --> 00:19:02.509 temple to teach the people God's word. But Tuesday 00:19:02.509 --> 00:19:06.549 afternoon is the last time. Jesus publicly teaches 00:19:06.549 --> 00:19:10.130 in the temple as a free man. His words on this 00:19:10.130 --> 00:19:13.730 day are his closing argument, his manifesto. 00:19:14.950 --> 00:19:18.029 When Jesus leaves the temple on Tuesday, the 00:19:18.029 --> 00:19:19.849 chief priests and the scribes are seeking how 00:19:19.849 --> 00:19:23.710 to arrest by stealth and kill him. But they can't 00:19:23.710 --> 00:19:25.710 take his life from him solely on the strength 00:19:25.710 --> 00:19:29.049 of charges that they plan to bring, not if he 00:19:29.049 --> 00:19:33.329 chooses to defend himself, but he won't. Instead, 00:19:33.650 --> 00:19:36.769 by his silence, he'll offer up his life for a 00:19:36.769 --> 00:19:39.890 world of blasphemers and traitors and liars. 00:19:40.349 --> 00:19:43.869 This is what it had come to. And as he exits 00:19:43.869 --> 00:19:47.549 the temple that Tuesday afternoon, he knows he 00:19:47.549 --> 00:19:52.269 will do it soon. Wednesday. Let's turn a couple 00:19:52.269 --> 00:19:55.069 of chapters to Luke chapter 22. We'll begin right 00:19:55.069 --> 00:19:58.970 at the first verse of Luke chapter 22, verse 00:19:58.970 --> 00:20:02.450 1. Now the festival of unleavened bread called 00:20:02.450 --> 00:20:05.250 the Passover was approaching and the chief priests 00:20:05.250 --> 00:20:07.329 and the teachers of the law were looking for 00:20:07.329 --> 00:20:11.329 some way to get rid of Jesus for they were afraid 00:20:11.329 --> 00:20:14.450 of the people. Then Satan entered Judas, called 00:20:14.450 --> 00:20:16.490 Iscariot, one of the twelve, and Judas went to 00:20:16.490 --> 00:20:19.069 the chief priests. The officers of the temple 00:20:19.069 --> 00:20:21.470 guard discussed with them how he might betray 00:20:21.470 --> 00:20:24.250 Jesus. They were delighted and agreed to give 00:20:24.250 --> 00:20:27.150 him money. He consented and watched for an opportunity 00:20:27.150 --> 00:20:30.769 to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was 00:20:30.769 --> 00:20:33.849 present. In the Holy Week, this day is known 00:20:33.849 --> 00:20:40.089 as Silent Wednesday. The past several days have 00:20:40.089 --> 00:20:44.390 been a rush of tension and of anger. For Jesus' 00:20:44.529 --> 00:20:47.890 opponents. And at the same time of unflinching 00:20:47.890 --> 00:20:52.029 resolve for Jesus. Words have been his currency 00:20:52.029 --> 00:20:55.910 and he has spent piles of them. But on Wednesday, 00:20:56.190 --> 00:21:01.289 the Wednesday before his death, Jesus is still. 00:21:03.150 --> 00:21:06.170 Thursday. Let's turn to the gospel according 00:21:06.170 --> 00:21:15.190 to Mark. Mark 14. And in verse 12, Mark 14 and 00:21:15.190 --> 00:21:19.549 verse 12. On the first day of the festival of 00:21:19.549 --> 00:21:22.230 unleavened bread, when it was customary to sacrifice 00:21:22.230 --> 00:21:24.710 the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, 00:21:24.750 --> 00:21:27.450 where do you want us to go and make preparations 00:21:27.450 --> 00:21:30.309 for you to eat the Passover? So he sent two of 00:21:30.309 --> 00:21:32.609 his disciples telling them, go into the city 00:21:32.609 --> 00:21:35.089 and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. 00:21:35.130 --> 00:21:37.960 Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:41.059 enters, the teacher asks, where is my guest room? 00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:44.339 Where may I eat the Passover with my disciples? 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:47.980 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished 00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:54.420 and ready. Make preparations for us there. The 00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:57.079 disciples left, went into the city, and found 00:21:57.079 --> 00:22:01.220 things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:07.480 the Passover. When evening came, 6 p .m., Jesus 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:10.079 arrived with the twelve. While they were reclining 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:13.720 at the table eating, he said, Truly, I tell you, 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:16.960 one of you will betray me, one who is eating 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:21.279 with me. They were saddened, and one by one they 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.460 said to him, Surely you don't mean me. It is 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:26.339 one of the twelve, he replied, one who dips bread 00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:29.420 into the bowl with me. The Son of Man will go, 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:31.940 just as it is written about him, but woe to that 00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:34.779 man. He betrays the Son of Man. It would be better 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:38.140 for him if he had not been born. While they were 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:40.940 eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:43.279 thanks, he broke it, and he gave it to his disciples, 00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:47.240 saying, Take, take it, this is my body. Then 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:49.359 he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:51.980 he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:55.000 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:57.880 out for many, he said. Truly, I tell you, I will 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:00.700 not drink again from the fruit of the vine until 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:03.740 that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:06.000 God. Now, if you'll flip with me to the gospel 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:10.740 according to John, chapter 13, verse 2, that 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:14.180 story of the Passover meal is recounted in the 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:18.019 three synoptic gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke. 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:20.819 The gospel according to John does not include 00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:24.269 that account. But John includes something in 00:23:24.269 --> 00:23:26.730 his account that the other three do not. And 00:23:26.730 --> 00:23:29.470 we find it in the 13th chapter of John, beginning 00:23:29.470 --> 00:23:32.609 with the second verse. The evening meal was in 00:23:32.609 --> 00:23:34.490 progress, and the devil had already prompted 00:23:34.490 --> 00:23:37.410 Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 00:23:37.650 --> 00:23:40.170 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things 00:23:40.170 --> 00:23:42.309 under his power and that he had come from God 00:23:42.309 --> 00:23:44.990 and was returning to God. So he got up from the 00:23:44.990 --> 00:23:47.450 meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped 00:23:47.450 --> 00:23:50.029 a towel around his waist. After that, he poured 00:23:50.029 --> 00:23:52.269 water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' 00:23:52.549 --> 00:23:55.250 feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped 00:23:55.250 --> 00:23:57.869 around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said 00:23:57.869 --> 00:23:59.710 to him, Lord, are you going to wash my feet? 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:02.799 Jesus replied, You do not realize now what I 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:07.339 am doing, but later you will understand. No, 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:11.660 said Peter, you shall never wash my feet. Jesus 00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:14.119 answered, Unless I wash you, you have no part 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:17.819 in me. Then, Lord, Simon Peter replied, Not just 00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:20.960 my feet, but my hands and my head as well. Jesus 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:23.500 answered, Those who have had a bath need only 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:25.599 to wash their feet. Their whole body is clean. 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:28.720 And you are clean, though not every one of you. 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:31.779 For he knew who was going to betray him, and 00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:34.079 that was why he said not everyone was clean. 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:39.160 And yet he still washed Judas' feet, right? When 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:41.140 he had finished washing their feet, he put on 00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:43.619 his clothes and returned to his place. Do you 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:48.339 understand what I have done for you? You call 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:51.099 me teacher and Lord, and rightly so, for that 00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:54.779 is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and teacher, 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:57.180 have washed your feet, you should also wash... 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:59.940 Another's feet. I have set you an example that 00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:03.200 you should have as I have done for you. Very 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:05.640 truly I tell you, no servant is greater than 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:09.019 his master, nor is a messenger greater than the 00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:14.559 one who sent him. Skip down to verse 33. Jesus 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:17.880 says, My children, I will be with you only a 00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:20.740 little longer. You will look for me, and just 00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:23.519 as I told the Jews, so I tell you now. Where 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:26.670 I'm going, you cannot come. And Jesus gives us 00:25:26.670 --> 00:25:29.650 a new commandment, a commandment that is required 00:25:29.650 --> 00:25:33.589 to be followed as followers of Jesus. A new commandment, 00:25:33.609 --> 00:25:36.990 I give you, love one another. As I have loved 00:25:36.990 --> 00:25:40.490 you, so you must love one another. And by this, 00:25:40.529 --> 00:25:43.509 everyone will know that you are my disciples, 00:25:43.710 --> 00:25:50.150 if you love one another. Let's skip to Mark, 00:25:50.369 --> 00:25:55.170 the Gospel according to Mark, chapter 14. And 00:25:55.170 --> 00:25:57.890 we're going to pick the traditional, the synoptic 00:25:57.890 --> 00:26:00.670 story back up here. Mark chapter 14, and we're 00:26:00.670 --> 00:26:05.710 going to go back to verse 26. So that is a part 00:26:05.710 --> 00:26:07.849 that's not in the first three Gospels, that's 00:26:07.849 --> 00:26:10.710 in the Gospel of John. So we have eaten the meal, 00:26:10.829 --> 00:26:12.769 and we have washed the feet. The new commandment 00:26:12.769 --> 00:26:15.269 has been given to the disciples. The meal is 00:26:15.269 --> 00:26:17.650 coming to a close here. When they had sung a 00:26:17.650 --> 00:26:20.670 hymn, the great halil, the great halil, which 00:26:20.670 --> 00:26:26.230 we know to be the 130. sixth psalm. When they 00:26:26.230 --> 00:26:28.529 had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of 00:26:28.529 --> 00:26:32.410 Olives. Here they are, right? Mount of Olives. 00:26:33.369 --> 00:26:35.670 You will all fall away, Jesus told them, for 00:26:35.670 --> 00:26:37.970 it is written, I will strike the shepherd and 00:26:37.970 --> 00:26:40.730 the sheep will be scattered. But after I have 00:26:40.730 --> 00:26:44.750 risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee. Peter 00:26:44.750 --> 00:26:48.309 declared, even if all fall away, I will not. 00:26:49.069 --> 00:26:52.750 Truly I tell you, Jesus answered, today Yes, 00:26:52.750 --> 00:26:56.190 tonight, before the rooster crows twice, you 00:26:56.190 --> 00:26:58.670 may have a little footnote there that might indicate 00:26:58.670 --> 00:27:01.069 that early manuscripts don't include the word 00:27:01.069 --> 00:27:04.869 twice. You yourself will disown me three times. 00:27:05.650 --> 00:27:09.190 But Peter insisted emphatically, even if I have 00:27:09.190 --> 00:27:12.329 to die with you, I will never disown you. And 00:27:12.329 --> 00:27:16.970 all of the others said the same. The Thursday 00:27:16.970 --> 00:27:19.890 prior to Jesus' crucifixion fills many pages. 00:27:20.589 --> 00:27:23.630 in our Holy Scripture. It begins with John and 00:27:23.630 --> 00:27:26.509 Peter securing this upper room. There Jesus will 00:27:26.509 --> 00:27:29.470 wash his disciples' feet, explaining he is there 00:27:29.470 --> 00:27:32.410 to make them clean. As they begin to eat, Jesus 00:27:32.410 --> 00:27:34.869 announces one of them is about to betray him, 00:27:34.910 --> 00:27:38.329 and each one wonders if it's him. Then he dispatches 00:27:38.329 --> 00:27:41.839 Judas to do what he intends. During this Last 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:44.579 Supper, Jesus sets apart the Passover bread and 00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:49.319 cup and reassigns or more accurately perfects 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:52.539 these signs and their meaning. The bread is his 00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:54.839 body, the cup is his blood. This meal will no 00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:57.880 longer remind them of God's deliverance primarily 00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:02.019 from the external tyranny of the Pharaoh in Egypt, 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:07.240 but from the internal tyranny of our own guilt 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:11.069 and sin against God. Jesus prays for his friends 00:28:11.069 --> 00:28:13.509 and those who will come to know him through them, 00:28:13.630 --> 00:28:18.250 that his Father would make them one. Then Jesus 00:28:18.250 --> 00:28:20.289 and his friends leave for the Mount of Olives 00:28:20.289 --> 00:28:25.430 to pray. But he isn't only there to pray. He's 00:28:25.430 --> 00:28:31.170 also there to wait. Because soon, a line of torches 00:28:31.170 --> 00:28:33.430 will snake their way toward him in the darkness. 00:28:34.329 --> 00:28:40.099 And this is what he's been waiting for. Friday. 00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:44.700 On Thursday night into Good Friday morning, the 00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:47.700 Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus was arrested, betrayed 00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:50.220 by one of his disciples, and abandoned by the 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:52.819 others. If you'll turn to John, the Gospel according 00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:58.099 to John, chapter 18, we will look at verses 2 00:28:58.099 --> 00:29:01.789 through 24. Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew 00:29:01.789 --> 00:29:04.190 the place because Jesus had often met there with 00:29:04.190 --> 00:29:07.309 his disciples. So Judas came to the garden, guiding 00:29:07.309 --> 00:29:09.430 a detachment of soldiers and some officials from 00:29:09.430 --> 00:29:11.369 the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were 00:29:11.369 --> 00:29:14.569 carrying torches and lanterns and weapons. Jesus, 00:29:14.650 --> 00:29:16.650 knowing all that was going to happen to him, 00:29:16.670 --> 00:29:19.230 went out and asked, Who is it that you want? 00:29:20.089 --> 00:29:24.690 Jesus of Nazareth, they replied. I am he, Jesus 00:29:24.690 --> 00:29:26.670 said, and Judas the traitor was standing there 00:29:26.670 --> 00:29:29.900 with them. When Jesus said, I am he, they drew 00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:33.579 back and fell to the ground. Again, he asked 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:37.900 them, who is it that you want? Jesus of Nazareth, 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:40.859 they said. Jesus answered, I told you that I 00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:43.359 am he. If you're looking for me, then let these 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:47.079 men go. Let his disciples go. This happened so 00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:49.019 that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled. 00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:53.019 I have not lost one of those you, God, gave me. 00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:56.299 And Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:58.660 struck the high priest's servant, cutting off 00:29:58.660 --> 00:30:01.400 his right ear. That servant's name was Malchus. 00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:05.339 Jesus commanded Peter, put your sword away. Shall 00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:08.140 I not drink the cup the Father has given me? 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:11.559 The detachment of soldiers with its commander 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:13.680 and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They 00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:16.900 bound him and brought him first to Annas, who 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:19.400 was the father -in -law of Caiaphas, the high 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:22.079 priest that year. And Caiaphas was the one who 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.880 had advised the Jewish leaders that it would 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:28.339 be good if one man died for the people. So, Gospel 00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:35.400 according to Mark, chapter 14, verse 53. They 00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:38.259 took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief 00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:40.259 priests, the elders and the teachers of the law, 00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:43.609 came together. Peter followed at a distance right 00:30:43.609 --> 00:30:46.890 into the courtyard of Caiaphas, the high priest. 00:30:46.990 --> 00:30:49.670 There he sat with the guards and warmed himself 00:30:49.670 --> 00:30:53.390 at the fire. The chief priests and the whole 00:30:53.390 --> 00:30:55.769 of the Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against 00:30:55.769 --> 00:30:58.109 Jesus so that they could put him to death, but 00:30:58.109 --> 00:31:01.460 they could not find any. Many testified falsely 00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:03.119 against him, but their statements did not agree. 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:06.180 Then some stood up and gave their false testimony 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:09.099 against him. We heard him say, I will destroy 00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:11.279 this temple made with human hands, and in three 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:14.099 days we'll build another not made with hands. 00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:18.319 Yet even their testimony did not agree. Then 00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:20.440 the high priest stood up before them and asked 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:24.579 Jesus, Are you not going to answer? What is this 00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:27.779 testimony that these men are bringing against 00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:31.799 you? But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:35.640 Again, the high priest asked him, Are you the 00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:39.460 Messiah, the Son of God, the Blessed One? I am, 00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:42.920 says Jesus. And you will see the Son of Man sitting 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:45.420 at the right hand of the Mighty One, coming over 00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:48.970 the clouds of heaven. And with that, The chief 00:31:48.970 --> 00:31:51.910 priests became deranged, blind with rage, and 00:31:51.910 --> 00:31:54.470 they tore their clothes in disgust and as a sign 00:31:54.470 --> 00:31:57.369 of lamentation. And they found Jesus worthy of 00:31:57.369 --> 00:31:59.589 death. And then they blindfolded him and they 00:31:59.589 --> 00:32:01.990 spit on him and they punched him in the face, 00:32:01.990 --> 00:32:05.309 screaming at him, prophesy, prophesy. And the 00:32:05.309 --> 00:32:07.230 guards took him and they beat him. And it was 00:32:07.230 --> 00:32:10.549 early now, if you recall, Friday morning. When 00:32:10.549 --> 00:32:13.009 these chief priests and these Sanhedrin, the 00:32:13.009 --> 00:32:15.829 Jewish Supreme Court, they conspired throughout 00:32:15.829 --> 00:32:18.150 the night to come up with a plan to put Jesus 00:32:18.150 --> 00:32:20.750 to death. You see, although they had already 00:32:20.750 --> 00:32:24.369 determined Jesus to be guilty, they still needed 00:32:24.369 --> 00:32:28.430 Rome to carry out the sentence. And the plan 00:32:28.430 --> 00:32:31.210 was simple. They just needed to figure out a 00:32:31.210 --> 00:32:35.029 way to convince Pilate that it would be in his 00:32:35.029 --> 00:32:39.150 best interest to condemn Jesus that very day. 00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:43.079 before the Passover, before it was complete, 00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:47.519 so they could all get back to business. The city 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:50.480 would settle down and eventually the city would 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:53.440 empty and things could return to normal. The 00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:58.039 things would be as they have always been. So 00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:01.180 they bound Jesus. They led him away and handed 00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:03.160 him over to Pilate the governor. Now flip to 00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:07.460 John chapter 18 and verse 30 and you'll just 00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:11.960 kind of follow along here with me. So now early 00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:16.380 the next morning, Friday, the text tells us that 00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:19.099 they brought Jesus before Pilate, and he asked 00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:21.400 them, what are the charges against the man and 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:24.420 the priests? And the priests replied in John 00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:28.720 18, verse 30, saying, if he were not a criminal, 00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:31.440 they replied, we would not have handed him over 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:35.319 to you. Translation, let's not get bogged down 00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:39.740 in the details. We just need a favor, Pilate. 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:42.700 We've been through this with you before. You 00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:45.599 know that we wouldn't bring him here if it wasn't 00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:48.660 important. You know that it would be really, 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.960 really important if we would bring him on the 00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:54.220 eve of Passover. If this were not super important, 00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:57.200 we would not have bothered. Let's not get into 00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:01.359 the details, Pilate. We need a favor. And Pilate 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:05.039 loved it when the Jewish leaders needed a favor. 00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:10.139 He loved it when they groveled before him. So 00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:13.940 Pilate eggs them on. He says, next verse, verse 00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:18.260 31. Well then, take him yourselves and judge 00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:22.460 him by your own law. Pilate wanted them to beg. 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:26.760 He wanted them to acknowledge Rome's sovereignty 00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:29.869 over them. So they sighed. Because everybody 00:34:29.869 --> 00:34:33.070 knew the answer. Everybody has already understood 00:34:33.070 --> 00:34:36.670 this scenario. And they looked up at Pilate and 00:34:36.670 --> 00:34:40.590 they said, next verse, but we have no right to 00:34:40.590 --> 00:34:45.730 execute anyone. Ah, that was music to the Romans' 00:34:45.869 --> 00:34:51.309 ears. That's right. You don't even have the power 00:34:51.309 --> 00:34:57.000 to enforce your own laws. What a pity. And then 00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:59.840 Pilate did something none of them expected him 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:03.300 to do. He insisted that they bring Jesus inside 00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:08.900 to be questioned. John 18, verse 33, Pilate then 00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:11.639 went back into the palace, summoned Jesus and 00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:14.460 asked, Are you the king of the Jews? Is that 00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:17.099 your own idea, Jesus asked, or did others talk 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:21.139 to you about me? Am I a Jew? Pilate replied, 00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:24.199 You are your own people, and chief priests handed 00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:27.119 you over to me. What is it? that you've done. 00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:30.860 Jesus said, My kingdom is not of this world. 00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:34.360 If it were, my servants would fight to prevent 00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:37.940 my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom 00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:41.940 is from another place. You are a king then, said 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:45.699 Pilate. Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:48.760 In fact, the reason I was born and came into 00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:51.320 this world is to testify to the truth. Everyone 00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:55.000 on the side of truth listens to me. What is? 00:35:55.769 --> 00:36:00.800 Truth, retorted Pilate. And outside the religious 00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:04.159 leaders are going crazy. They are so afraid that 00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:07.800 Pilate is inside with Jesus and Jesus might do 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:11.400 some of his magic. He has swayed the crowd. He 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:14.000 has won the nation. There's no telling what he 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:17.079 might say to Pilate. Pilate addresses the throng 00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:19.519 then and says, Look, you brought me this man 00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:22.380 that you say is inciting rebellion. Do you see 00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:26.519 rebellion? No, neither do I. And it seems that 00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:29.210 your king Herod has found no... fought with him 00:36:29.210 --> 00:36:32.090 because as you can see he's returned him here 00:36:32.090 --> 00:36:36.869 to me he's done nothing to deserve death but 00:36:36.869 --> 00:36:41.250 to appease you to get you off of my front porch 00:36:41.250 --> 00:36:44.590 so we can get on with this festival i will have 00:36:44.590 --> 00:36:48.630 him punished but then i'll release him but the 00:36:48.630 --> 00:36:52.230 crowd began shouting no Away with this man. Away 00:36:52.230 --> 00:36:54.929 with this man. So Pilate had the guards taken 00:36:54.929 --> 00:36:57.710 to take Jesus away to a place where the guards 00:36:57.710 --> 00:37:00.329 spent their time and had him flogged. Now, to 00:37:00.329 --> 00:37:02.949 a first century reader, that would have needed 00:37:02.949 --> 00:37:06.329 no explanation. They would have known exactly 00:37:06.329 --> 00:37:09.869 what that word meant. Two Roman soldiers, each 00:37:09.869 --> 00:37:13.070 with a cat of nine tails, a whip that had bits 00:37:13.070 --> 00:37:16.289 of bone and metal tied to the ends, would stand 00:37:16.289 --> 00:37:19.289 behind the prisoner and tie their hands up as 00:37:19.289 --> 00:37:22.650 high as they would reach. And then they would 00:37:22.650 --> 00:37:26.179 whip them and they would count. Because even 00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:29.599 the Romans had rules about flogging. And the 00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:33.079 pieces of bone and metal would not only rip layer 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:36.420 after layer of skin off of the man's back, but 00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:39.019 layer after layer after layer of a man's gut 00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:42.559 as the lashes wrapped around his body and then 00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:45.940 tore back. People often died from the flogging. 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:49.460 They bled to death. Or if they were lucky, they 00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:54.210 died later of infection. The Gospel according 00:37:54.210 --> 00:37:59.030 to Mark, the 15th chapter. It was nine in the 00:37:59.030 --> 00:38:01.329 morning when they crucified him. The written 00:38:01.329 --> 00:38:03.170 notice of the charge against him read, The King 00:38:03.170 --> 00:38:06.469 of the Jews. They crucified two rebels with him, 00:38:06.550 --> 00:38:09.710 one on his right and one on his left. Those who 00:38:09.710 --> 00:38:11.730 passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their 00:38:11.730 --> 00:38:14.030 heads, saying, So you're going to destroy the 00:38:14.030 --> 00:38:16.170 temple and build it in three days? Come down 00:38:16.170 --> 00:38:19.190 from the cross and save yourself. In the same 00:38:19.190 --> 00:38:21.210 way, the chief priests and the teachers of the 00:38:21.210 --> 00:38:24.809 law mocked him among themselves. He saved others, 00:38:24.949 --> 00:38:28.789 they said, but he can't save himself. Let this 00:38:28.789 --> 00:38:31.670 Messiah, this King of Israel, come down now from 00:38:31.670 --> 00:38:35.010 the cross that we might see and believe. Those 00:38:35.010 --> 00:38:37.869 crucified with him also heaped insults on him. 00:38:37.889 --> 00:38:41.289 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until 00:38:41.289 --> 00:38:44.610 three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon, 00:38:44.769 --> 00:38:48.130 Jesus cried out in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, 00:38:48.130 --> 00:38:51.510 lemme sabachthani, which means my God, my God, 00:38:51.730 --> 00:38:54.889 why have you forsaken me? When some of those 00:38:54.889 --> 00:38:56.610 standing near heard this, they said, listen, 00:38:56.889 --> 00:39:01.010 he's calling to Elijah. Someone ran and filled 00:39:01.010 --> 00:39:03.190 a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff 00:39:03.190 --> 00:39:05.809 and offered it to Jesus to drink. Now leave him 00:39:05.809 --> 00:39:08.510 alone. Let's see if Elijah can come and take 00:39:08.510 --> 00:39:11.909 him down. And with a loud cry, Jesus breathed 00:39:11.909 --> 00:39:15.269 his last. The curtain of the temple was torn 00:39:15.269 --> 00:39:17.670 in two from top to bottom, and when the centurion 00:39:17.670 --> 00:39:20.110 who stood there in front of Jesus saw how he 00:39:20.110 --> 00:39:24.329 died, he said, Surely this was the Son of God. 00:39:25.250 --> 00:39:27.730 Some women were watching from a distance. Among 00:39:27.730 --> 00:39:30.150 them was Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James 00:39:30.150 --> 00:39:34.300 the Younger and Joseph, and Salome. In Galilee, 00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:36.659 these women had followed him around and cared 00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:40.019 for his needs. Many other women who had come 00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:44.340 with him to Jerusalem were also there. It was 00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:48.239 preparation day. That's Friday. That's the day 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:50.659 before the Sabbath. So as evening approached, 00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:54.239 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the 00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:58.219 Sanhedrin, the council, who was himself waiting 00:39:58.219 --> 00:40:01.219 for the kingdom of God. He's a believer in Jesus. 00:40:02.259 --> 00:40:05.340 went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:07.820 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already 00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:14.099 dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked if Jesus 00:40:14.099 --> 00:40:17.340 had already died. When he learned from the centurion 00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:20.739 that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. bought 00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:23.320 some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped 00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:25.239 it in the linen, and placed it in the tomb cut 00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:27.320 out of rock. Then he rolled the stone against 00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:30.159 the entrance of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and 00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:33.019 Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid. 00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:36.800 In Luke chapter 23, you can stay right where 00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:41.139 you're at, in verse 56, we have one verse. Then 00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:43.500 they went home and prepared spices and perfumes, 00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:47.039 but they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to 00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:52.300 the commandment. In Matthew 27, verse 62, the 00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:54.880 next day, the day after preparation, Saturday, 00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:57.619 the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:59.519 Sir, they said, we remember that while he was 00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:02.019 still alive, this deceiver said, after three 00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:05.119 days I'll rise again. So give the order for the 00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:07.920 tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, 00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:10.280 his disciples may come and steal the body and 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:12.420 tell the people that he had been raised from 00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:15.559 the dead. This last deception, Pilate, would 00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:18.929 be worse than the first. Take a guard, Pilate 00:41:18.929 --> 00:41:21.510 answered. Go make the tomb as secure as you know 00:41:21.510 --> 00:41:23.969 how. So they went and made the tomb secure by 00:41:23.969 --> 00:41:26.309 putting a seal on the stone and posting a guard. 00:41:26.570 --> 00:41:29.429 Less is written about the Saturday following 00:41:29.429 --> 00:41:32.449 Jesus' crucifixion than at any other day in the 00:41:32.449 --> 00:41:34.889 scope of this week. Yesterday he was crucified. 00:41:35.250 --> 00:41:37.809 Tomorrow he will rise from the grave. But what 00:41:37.809 --> 00:41:41.380 about today? Though we may not make much of this 00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:43.760 day, when we look at the few verses that the 00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:46.159 gospel gives us about it, we find that by no 00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:50.019 means was he forgotten by the chief priests whom 00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:53.380 had handed Jesus over to his death. During his 00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:56.260 earthly ministry, Jesus repeatedly said that 00:41:56.260 --> 00:41:58.380 he would die in Jerusalem at the hands of the 00:41:58.380 --> 00:42:00.699 chief priests, yet on the third day would rise 00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:04.179 again. Of course, the chief priests scoffed. 00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:07.550 They didn't forget. On the day between Good Friday 00:42:07.550 --> 00:42:11.050 and Easter Sunday, Jesus' prediction preoccupies 00:42:11.050 --> 00:42:13.269 their thoughts such that they can't simply leave 00:42:13.269 --> 00:42:18.710 it alone. And it tells the strange story of how 00:42:18.710 --> 00:42:21.250 they can't just dismiss out of hand the possibility 00:42:21.250 --> 00:42:26.690 that Jesus knew something that they didn't. Mark 00:42:26.690 --> 00:42:30.510 chapter 16, verse 1. When the Sabbath was over, 00:42:30.829 --> 00:42:33.510 Mary Magdalene... Mary, the mother of James and 00:42:33.510 --> 00:42:36.170 Salome, brought spices so that they might go 00:42:36.170 --> 00:42:39.329 to anoint Jesus' body. Very early on, the first 00:42:39.329 --> 00:42:41.210 day of the week, just after sunrise, they were 00:42:41.210 --> 00:42:42.869 on their way to the tomb. And they asked each 00:42:42.869 --> 00:42:45.429 other, who's going to roll away the stone from 00:42:45.429 --> 00:42:47.630 the entrance of the tomb? But when they looked 00:42:47.630 --> 00:42:50.809 up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, 00:42:50.949 --> 00:42:53.780 had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, 00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:56.900 they saw a young man dressed in a white robe 00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:59.900 sitting on the right side. They were alarmed. 00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:02.280 Don't be alarmed, he said. You are looking for 00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:06.159 Jesus of the Nazarene who was crucified. He is 00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:09.900 risen. He's not here. See the place where they 00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:12.760 laid him? But go, tell his disciples of Peter. 00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:15.539 He's going ahead of you into Galilee. There you'll 00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:20.230 see him just as he told you. Trembling and bewildered, 00:43:20.309 --> 00:43:22.849 the women went out and fled from the tomb. They 00:43:22.849 --> 00:43:26.130 said nothing to anyone because they were afraid. 00:43:26.469 --> 00:43:29.570 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the 00:43:29.570 --> 00:43:32.650 week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out 00:43:32.650 --> 00:43:35.210 of whom he had driven seven demons. She went 00:43:35.210 --> 00:43:37.309 and told those who had been with him and who 00:43:37.309 --> 00:43:39.449 were mourning and weeping. And when they heard 00:43:39.449 --> 00:43:42.170 that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, 00:43:42.210 --> 00:43:45.460 they didn't believe it. Afterward, Jesus appeared 00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:47.639 in a different form to two of them while they 00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:51.099 were walking in the country. These returned and 00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:53.079 reported it to the rest, but they didn't believe 00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:56.639 them either. Later, Jesus appeared to the eleven 00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:59.380 as they were eating, and he rebuked them for 00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:01.099 their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal 00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:03.739 to believe those who had seen him after he had 00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:07.199 risen. He said, Go into all of the world and 00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:09.699 preach the gospel to all of creation. Whoever 00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:12.280 believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever 00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:14.639 does not believe will be condemned. And these 00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:17.019 signs will accompany those who believe. In my 00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:20.119 name, they will drive out demons. They will speak 00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:22.239 in new tongues. They will pick up snakes with 00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:24.300 their hands. And when they drink deadly poison, 00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:26.739 it will not hurt them at all. They will place 00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:28.860 their hands on sick people and they will get 00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:31.579 well. After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, 00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:34.659 he was taken up into heaven. And he sat at the 00:44:34.659 --> 00:44:38.260 right hand of God. Then the disciples went out 00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:39.860 and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked 00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:41.760 with them and confirmed his word by the signs 00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:47.619 that accompanied it. Early Sunday morning, some 00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:50.940 of Jesus' friends set out for his grave to anoint 00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:53.739 the body of their friend and teacher. When they 00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:57.159 arrived, however, they were greeted by what one 00:44:57.159 --> 00:45:00.360 gospel writer calls a man dressed in lightning. 00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:04.440 He tells them Jesus is not there as he has said, 00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:08.630 for he has risen. In the weeks leading up to 00:45:08.630 --> 00:45:11.409 his death, the good shepherd went out to meet 00:45:11.409 --> 00:45:15.329 the wolves of judgment, sin, and death. And he 00:45:15.329 --> 00:45:19.090 did so with authority. One might wonder what 00:45:19.090 --> 00:45:21.989 good has it ever done anyone to die for some 00:45:21.989 --> 00:45:25.010 cause. This is the glorious beauty of the gospel. 00:45:25.550 --> 00:45:29.170 Jesus didn't die a martyr. Jesus didn't die for 00:45:29.170 --> 00:45:32.389 a cause. He was never in the wrong place at the 00:45:32.389 --> 00:45:35.530 wrong time. He was never at the mercy of anyone. 00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:39.360 He lived, died, and was buried because it was 00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:43.179 meant to be. No one took his life from him. He 00:45:43.179 --> 00:45:46.440 laid it down. For whom? For his flock, his people. 00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:49.780 And he laid it down only to be able to take it 00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:52.739 up again. The point of the cross was not just 00:45:52.739 --> 00:45:55.480 to die, but to die and rise again, defeating 00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:58.019 prowling wolves of sin and death themselves. 00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:03.219 Easter says of Jesus that he meant it, that he 00:46:03.219 --> 00:46:06.829 meant to lay his life down for you. And as surely 00:46:06.829 --> 00:46:10.369 as he has taken it up again, he knows you and 00:46:10.369 --> 00:46:18.989 he loves you. Well, there you have it. I hope 00:46:18.989 --> 00:46:21.110 after listening to this episode that you are 00:46:21.110 --> 00:46:26.210 able to see Jesus as living intentionally those 00:46:26.210 --> 00:46:29.750 last few days of his life for a purpose. Not 00:46:29.750 --> 00:46:34.510 only is Jesus living out events and doing things, 00:46:35.239 --> 00:46:38.940 that are called for in the Old Testament through 00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:44.099 the prophecy, but also to show us today the contrast 00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:48.079 between serving the kingdom of the earth and 00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:52.530 the kingdom of God. Listen, if you enjoy what 00:46:52.530 --> 00:46:55.409 we're doing here at the Semi -Seminarian, then 00:46:55.409 --> 00:46:57.730 I hope that however it is that you're listening 00:46:57.730 --> 00:46:59.829 to us, that you might take a second to subscribe 00:46:59.829 --> 00:47:02.590 to the podcast. That way you'll know when future 00:47:02.590 --> 00:47:05.849 episodes are coming. 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