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Mark 14:43-65 || The Book of Mark || Pastor Haron Kaisa
October 27, 2024 · 42 min
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Adam Mesa is Lead Pastor of Patria Church and speaks to a congregation of 12,000 about how the gospel of Jesus Christ brings purpose to every life. Patria
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The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus 0:00 Alright. Let's go ahead, and stand for the reading of God's word. We are in the book of Matthew chapter 14. We're gonna be covering 22 verses and, I'll be highlighting0:12 some verses. And so we're in Mark 14 43 to 65. Mark 14 43 says this, And immediately while he was still speaking, Judas came,0:24 1 of the 12 with him, a crowd with swords and clubs from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Verse 44. Now the betrayer had given them a sign saying,0:36 the 1 I will kiss is a man. Seize him and lead him away under guard. Jump to fort 47. But 1 of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest0:48 and cut off his ear. And Jesus said to them, have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching and1:00 you did not seize me, but let the scriptures be fulfilled. And they all left him and fled. Verse 51, and a young man followed him with nothing but a linen cloth about his body and1:12 they seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked. Verse 53, and they led Jesus to the high priest and all the priests, chief priests, and elders and scribes came together. Jump down to 64.1:24 You have heard this blasphemy. What is your decision? And they all condemned him as deserving death. 65. And some began to spin on him and to cover his faith, to strike him saying to him, prophesy.1:36 And the guards receive him with blows. You may be seated. Let's pray. Father God, we come before you as a humble servant humble servants. We ask1:48 that you would bring clarity. You would we ask that you illuminate our hearts and minds to receive. I pray you remove any distractions That the Holy Spirit would speak to us in a way that not only just hears information,1:59 but transforms our hearts. We give you all the glory and honor. In Jesus name, we pray. And God's people say, Amen. We are in Passion Week, and if you've been with been with us for the whole year, we've been covering2:11 the book of Mark, and we'll be looking at, accounts of specific events taking place during the week of Jesus's crucifixion. This is the2:23 last week of Jesus being alive. And so before us is probably 1 of the most captivating scenes in all of the book of Mark. It's a scene2:34 that describes the unjustification arrest of the of the son of God, Jesus. And this account appears in every gospel. It appears in the gospel of2:46 Matthew, and also in the gospel of John. And each of these gospels, they kind of give us insight, they give us specific details. And so tonight, we're gonna2:58 be looking at a lot of different perspectives when it comes to this specific story in the book of Mark. We've been we're gonna go verse by verse, 22 verses, and if you're taking notes, I3:10 titled tonight's message BET experience. You can tell I'm a millennial. And it it ain't what it means, what what do you think it is? But what it what it is is I wanted to break3:22 this this portion of Mark 14 into 3 section. BET, The betrayal, verse 43 to 50, that example, 51 to 52, and3:34 the trial, 53 to 65. And I want us to consider within these 3 sections that we're gonna kind of dive deep and squeeze the scriptures. Pastor Dan would often say, there's 63:45 episodes that I want us to kind of lock in and see through the text. And number 1, it's the crowd. Number 2, it's the kiss. Number 3, it's the sword. Number3:57 4 is the scripture. Number 5 is the cloth, and number 6 is the trial. Notice 43 in Mark chapter 14.4:09 I want us to look at what's being underlined here. The crowd. Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, 1 of the 12, and with him a what? A crowd.4:22 This story, as I said before, is mentioned in all of the gospels and we're gonna look at these narratives and give all the details of what is being said. And according to Matthew's account,4:34 Matthew 26 verse 47, it wasn't just any crowd that surrounded him, it was a great crowd. It was a great crowd. And if you jump into John's account,4:46 his perspective of the same story, John 18 3, he gives us further specifics of what this crowd is was made up of. It was made up of a band of4:58 soldiers, and with them, some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees. And if you were to look up the Greek word for band of soldiers is spherian.5:10 And and it it it denotes a military cohort, get this, of 500 to a thousand soldiers. Think about it for a second.5:22 Right there, we're confronted with the popular imagination that Jesus was with just a couple of people, but rather Jesus was surrounded by5:34 500 soldiers. And we know for certain that those soldiers on that night said something about what Judas was thinking, the betrayer.5:46 There might be some reason why he he why he was ex escorted, by this large group, why this heavily armed assembly wanted to surround Jesus, not just a couple,5:58 but over 500. It could be that Judas imagined that Jesus would run and flee. And because he would imagine that that Jesus would run and flee,6:10 he wanted to bring enough people just in case he needed to send a great team to search for Jesus. And so he recruits a great amount of people. It it's also6:21 possible that he anticipated the disciples would try to defend a rabbi. And by defending them, this bring this big crowd would intimidate them. And6:33 so at this moment, Judas shows us that he did not understand who Jesus was at all. He he didn't understand who Jesus was in his power.6:45 He didn't understand who Jesus was in his purpose. He didn't understand who Jesus was in his person. It was his spiritual blindness that led him to portray Jesus.6:58 He was doing ministry with Jesus for 3 whole years. Every single day. Healing the blind, healing the sick, preaching in the synagogue, seeing the miracles.7:11 Jesus demonstrates that Judas didn't know what he was doing. And at this point, Judas was going to learn very quickly with this great crowd of people who7:22 was in control of this event. Look at John's account verse 4. It says this, then Jesus knowing all that would happen to him came forward and said to him, whom do you7:34 seek? He came forward. He didn't turn back. He he embraced it. He knew that they were coming. He came forward with authority7:46 and calmness and boldness and courage. He says, whom do you seek? Verse 5, they answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.7:58 Jesus said to them, I am he. Underline that. Circle it. Highlight it. Judas who betrayed him was standing with him. Verse 6, he says it again. When Jesus said to8:10 him, I am he. What happened? They drew back and fell to the ground.8:22 It's interesting to see John's perspective of this particular section. It can be lost if we don't consider the English translations that limit us to really what is8:33 happening in this story. You notice in the KJV, the King James version, that he is italicized. And what the King James translators often did is that8:45 when words didn't appear in the original language, they would what? Italicize it. So the reader would know that this word right here in the King James version is not found in the original8:57 text. And if you have your ESV translation, you'll notice the word there is a footnote with a number here that tells you that this word is not in the9:09 original language. So when they approached Jesus and Jesus asked them, whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. How he actually responded was, I9:20 am. He said, I am. It's a clear reference to the great I am, Yahweh, who who who was given to9:32 Moses in Exodus 3 14. It's interesting to see that John includes this very exclusively.9:47 What is the gospel of John's theme? It's to display and demonstrate the deity of Jesus. And how do we know that? Because Jesus gives these what?9:58 I am statements. This is 1 of those moments where he says, I am. John 6 36. I am the bread of life. John 8 12. I am the light of the world. John 10 7.10:10 I am the door of the sheep. John 10 11. I am the good shepherd. John 11 25. I am the resurrection and life. John 14 6, I am the way, the truth, and life. John 1510:22 1, I am the true vine. We find Jesus before his death, before his enemies, he says, I am The great I am.10:35 This is a proclamation of power. In the moment he said these words, look what happened. There was this invisible force that blew the soldiers back and10:47 what happened? They fell on their rear ends to the ground. Jesus's response was 1 of power and fearless affirmation10:59 of his identity. He wasn't trying to hide it. I am the 1 you are looking for. But it's also a statement of his divinity.11:11 That this is Yahweh in the flesh, Emmanuel. We see that when Jesus did this, it came with power for a reason to show them what? Who11:23 is in control. Who is the master of this moment? I am. Not you. Not you, Judas. Not you, chief priests. Not you, soldiers.11:35 500 of them. And all he had to do was to say the word, and he could change the direction of this whole situation. He11:46 could overcome them with just a little whisper. It's not the crowd that's in control. It's it's it's Jesus. And he's still in control, and he'll11:58 always be in control. And people who don't believe that he's in control are going to find out that he indeed is in control 1 day. Now we move from the12:10 crowd to the kiss. Notice verse 44, the next verse. Now the betrayer had given them a sign. What was the sign? It was a kiss.12:22 Verse 45, and he came, he went up to him and once said, Rabbi, teacher, and he kissed him. And they laid hands on him and seized him. In ancient near eastern culture, it12:34 was a common gesture that when you would see someone, you would walk to them and embrace them with a kiss. And it wasn't something out of the ordinary for them to do12:45 that, but it was a way for for Judas to decipher Jesus from the other disciples because what was the hour during that time? It was in the dark. And so he says, I'm gonna kiss the12:57 1 person, and that's the person that you need to find and arrest. That was his signal of choice that he made at that moment. And it and it was a detestable 1. It was13:09 1 that was hypocritical because to to utilize a gesture of affection adearment and and 1 that's respect to highlight that13:22 you're gonna see this man die at some point. It was very deceitful. It was dripping with damning irony and that Judas is approaching him and embracing him13:33 in a way reveals that there is a deeper significance to what this man is doing. Because what does he say here? First, he says what?13:47 Rabbi. Before he kissed him, he says, Rabbi. And the word here is kataphelio. It's an embrace of friendship and it's to kiss someone fervently.13:59 It's a it's a prolonged gesture of affection so that everybody would know exactly who Jesus was and they could arrest him. Notice Luke's account in 22 verse 48.14:11 Jesus said to them, Luke tells us, Judas this is Jesus. Are you betraying the son of man with a kiss? The Lord knew everything.14:23 He knew what that Come on, Judas. You don't think I know? But look at Matthew's account, Matthew 26 50.14:35 Friend, Jesus said, do what you have come for. He said, friend. He didn't use philos, which is the normal word for friend in14:47 John 15 5. He used a word that's that's distant. It's the word here in in the Greek, hatir. And hatir means comrade or fellow. In other words, it's knowing that14:59 there's nothing intimate there. Friend. Luke's look look at Luke's account 22 verse 48.15:11 Jesus asked him, Judas, would you portray the son of man with a kiss? If you do a word study, you can go on biblehub dot com, concordance, put in the word,15:23 look up the word kiss. You'll notice that kiss is mentioned 19 times. But I want us to focus on 1 of those and it's in Psalms chapter 2 And15:35 it's a hymn that they would often sing as remembrance of God being sovereign and in control of those moments about the nation plotting against the Lord and his15:47 anointed. And he remember and he and the psalmist remembers who God is in this moment. He says this in 2 verse 12, kiss the son, lest he be angry and you perish in the way, for his15:59 wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who what? Take refuge in him. To kiss in this context was a pledge of allegiance.16:11 It was a strong embrace. It was a sign of love, honor, respect, affection, loyalty, friendship. It's to say, I submit to you. I honor you. I respect16:23 you. This was a well known Psalm for every Jew. This was a Psalm of hope for the nation and his anointed 1. I wonder16:34 if Judas at this moment knew this Psalm as he was getting ready to embrace and kiss the man that he would betray. I wondered knowing in his16:46 conscious of it depicting this victorious kingly Messiah that 1 day will come and rescue his people from their sins. Matthew 1 21.17:01 Judas, would you betray the son of man with a kiss? You know what else this this Psalm teaches us in connection with with Judas kissing him? You see,17:12 kissing the son, there's a wrong way to kiss the son. The wrong way is exemplified in Judas' example here. It's an insincere pledge of disloyalty.17:24 Right? And if there's a wrong way to kiss the sun, then there must be a right way to kiss the sun. You know what's interesting in all of the gospels accounts that there are only 217:36 places in the gospels where we read of human lips touching the son of God? The first is what we just read, Judas kissing the17:48 sun. You want to know what the second place is? It's when Jesus was invited to a dinner and a woman unnamed interrupts the feast. She comes into18:00 his feet. What's those feet with their tears? Dries them with their tears, kisses them and anoints them with oil. And this so moved the18:12 heart of Jesus that he looks to his host, and he says in chapter in chapter, 7 of Luke, when I came in, you did not kiss me, but she has not ceased to kiss18:23 me. And then he turns to this genuine woman from the overflow of his heart, and he says, your sins have been forgiven. There are18:35 2 ways to kiss the sun. Genuine, sincere, saving way, like that woman. Or a way that seems sincere, but in fact is super18:47 hollow. Have you kissed the sun? You say you believe in him. Is it true18:59 belief? You say you repented. Is it true repentance? Speaking about kissing, did you know that that that the Christians are commanded to not just19:11 kiss the sun, but kiss each other? It's mentioned 5 times as a command. Not not as something that you you maybe should do, and we're told to19:23 greet each other with this kind of affection. Right now, that may seem strange to some of us. Right? Like, I'm not kissing you bro. Like, there's some Tic Tac. But it wasn't strange19:35 to Middle Easterns. I have my friends here, Jimmy and and and Diana, and in their culture, like, embracing each other. Right? And in my culture too, the Tongan culture. It was a sign of honor and respect. So19:46 when you see someone, you'd come in and you would give them a hug and embrace them, a side kiss to the cheek, as a sign of honor and respect. And here's 1 example of that in the New Testament.19:59 If you turn with me to Romans chapter 16 verse 16. It's it's an easy reference. It says here, greet 1 another with a what?20:11 A holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. So again, remember this was this was normal for them. Right? So it was weird. This was normal20:22 in the culture of that church during that time, but what's important about about this situation is whether we should kiss or handshake or hug is the characteristics, but the quality is20:34 is what I want us to focus on. The quality of reception or the welcome or the address that Paul was saying here is this. He he he didn't just say greet with a kiss. He said greet with a holy kiss.20:47 What Mark is trying to say here is but it has that that you when you greet someone and kiss someone, it has to be set against the backdrop of the most infamous20:59 unholy kiss, Judas. That's what he's saying here. He's saying greet 1 another with a holy kiss. What it really means is let your greeting be21:11 free from deceit. Let your greeting be free from insincerity. Let your greeting be free from hidden betrayal. Let your greeting be free from limiting love. Let your21:23 greeting be free from a corrupt love. That's what he's saying here. So what does that look like? Looks like someone gossiping aboutShow more In this video 0:00 The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus21:25 The Trial and Fulfillment of Scripture
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