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4/3/2026 Join Tony on this Good Friday Special, focusing on Jesus’s Crucifixion and Resurrection
April 3, 2026 · 54 min
On this Good Friday edition of Washington Watch, Tony walks us through the timeless account of God’s grace and mercy as recorded in Matthew 26-28—the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ—through the lens of Stand on the Word, FRC’s daily Bible reading plan. You can join Tony on this journey through the bible, right here on Pray.com/TonyPerkins.
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On this Good Friday edition of Washington Watch, Tony walks us through the timeless account of God’s grace and mercy as recorded in Matthew 26-28—the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ—through the lens of Stand on the Word, FRC’s daily Bible reading plan. You can join Tony on this journey through the bible, right here on Pray.com/TonyPerkins. ...more Show the full description Show less On this Good Friday edition of Washington Watch, Tony walks us through the timeless account of God’s grace and mercy as recorded in Matthew 26-28—the crucifixion, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ—through the lens of Stand on the Word, FRC’s daily Bible reading plan. You can join Tony on this journey through the bible, right here on Pray.com/TonyPerkins.
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In this video 0:00 Betrayal, Last Supper, and Trial: Matthew 2617:02 Trials, Crucifixion, and Signs of Victory: Matthew 2737:03 Resurrection and Great Commission: Matthew 28
Betrayal, Last Supper, and Trial: Matthew 26 0:01 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and0:12 newsmakers, all from a biblical world view. Washington Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.0:19 Welcome to this Good Friday edition of Washington Watch. I'm your host, Tony Perkins. Thanks so much for joining us. Well, coming up, congress has been out this week, but the world hasn't slowed down. There is no0:29 shortage of headlines or events that demand our attention. But today, as we approach resurrection weekend, I wanna step back from the breaking news and focus on the good news,0:41 because our hope, we know this, our hope is not found on Capitol Hill, but on a hill called Calvary. So today, we're going to do something I'm not sure we've ever done before on this program. We're going to walk through0:53 the timeless account of God's grace and mercy as it's recorded in Matthew chapters 26 through 28, the crucifixion, the burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But we're gonna do it through the1:05 lenses of Stand on the Word, our daily Bible reading plan. And what you'll hear today actually comes from the morning devotionals that I do each day, walking step by step through these defining moments of1:17 history. We began a new 2 year journey through the Bible this past January, and I'll share later how you can join us in that journey each day. But before we begin, let me let me just say this. Good
1:29 Friday reminds us that the darkest moment in human history became the doorway to redemption. What looked like defeat was, in fact, the unfolding of God's greatest victory. And that
1:41 changes how we see everything. So with that, let's turn our attention to Matthew chapter 26 verse 1. Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, that he said to his disciples, you
1:53 know that after 2 days is the Passover, the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified. Now this follows Jesus' prophetic discourse that we read in chapters 24 and 25. It's now Wednesday and
2:04 Jesus says that he would be betrayed and on crucified. Verse 3, then the chief priests, the scribes and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest who was
2:16 called Caiaphas and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill him. But, they said, not during the feast lest there be an uproar among the people.
2:29 Now don't miss this. The so called religious leaders wanted to avoid killing Jesus during Passover for fear of a riot among the people. This is more evidence, and we're gonna see even
2:41 more, that Jesus's life was not taken from him, but he gave it. The leaders did not want to kill Jesus during the Passover, but yet he died on the cross on the same day that the
2:53 Passover lambs were being slain in the temple. Coincidence? No. The Passover pointed back to the deliverance from Egypt when the angel of death passed over their homes.
3:05 And it looked forward to the Messiah, the Passover lamb. This next event actually occurs 4 days prior to the first part of this chapter, so this 1 event is not in
3:16 chronological order. Verse 6, and when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper. Now we don't know anything else about Simon, but it's obvious that he's no longer a leper, because he's hosting Jesus and
3:28 others. So it's very likely that Jesus had healed him and restored him to fellowship to his family and his community. Verse 7. A woman came to him having an alabaster flask of very costly
3:40 fragrant oil and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. Now from John's account, we know that this was Mary, who was the sister of Martha and Lazarus, who
3:52 were at the dinner along with others. Now from Mark's account, he actually lists the cost of this oil, which was roughly a year's wages. Verse 8. But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant,
4:04 saying, why this waste? For this fragrant oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor. Now there have been many self enriching actions taken in the
4:16 name of the poor. John tells us Judas was 1, the the the 1 who raised the objections here, and he happened to be the 1 who held the money back. He was the the 1 who held the money for the group. Verse 10, but when
4:27 Jesus was aware of it, he said to them, why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for me. For you have the poor with you always, but me you do not always have. Now the main message here was concern for
4:37 the poor was not an excuse to not worship the Lord. There would be other opportunities to serve the poor. And I think this is also an acknowledgment that material poverty would not be eliminated
4:50 until spiritual poverty had been eradicated. So Jesus is saying, look, as long as there's sin in the world, there's gonna be poverty. Verse 14. Then 1 1 of the 12 called Judas Iscariot went to the
5:01 chief priest and said, what are you willing to give me if I deliver him to you? And they counted out to him 30 pieces of silver. Verse 17, now on the first day of the feast of
5:13 unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus saying to him, where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover? Now, let me just kind of give the
5:25 order of events from this point forward based on all 4 gospels. All right? Because Matthew keeps a very kind of a thin record. It's just, the basic facts. And
5:37 when you look at all the gospels together, and we're gonna have a chance to go through all of them, you get a more comprehensive picture. So number 1, Jesus washes the feet of the disciples, that's first. Number 2, Jesus
5:48 identifies Judas as the betrayer. Number 3, Judas leaves the dinner. The Lord's supper number 4, the Lord's supper is instituted. This is after they eat. He passes the bread, the wine.
6:00 There's then the discourse. Jesus has a conversation in the upper room. Then there's the discourse on the way to Gethsemane. Then number 7, Jesus prays for his disciples and and those who would believe
6:11 based upon their testimony. That's you and I. That's in John chapter 17. Number 8 is Jesus in anguish in Gethsemane. And then number 9, Jesus is betrayed and
6:23 arrested. Verse 26. And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it and broke it, and gave it to his disciples and said, take, eat. This is my body. Then he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying,
6:34 drink from it all of you. For this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Now this is the Lord's supper as a reminder of the new covenant brought about by his death,
6:46 burial, and resurrection. Verse 29, but I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until the day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. So this
6:58 is, the scholars believe this is the millennial kingdom when Jesus comes back to reign on this earth. Verse 31, then Jesus said to them, all of you will be made to stumble because of me this night for it is
7:10 written, I will strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. Verse 33, Peter answered and said to him, 'Even if all are made to stumble because of you, I will
7:21 never be made to stumble.' Jesus said to him, 'Assuredly I say to you, that this night before the rooster crows, you will deny me 3 times.' All right. In verses 36 through 46, we
7:33 have Jesus' travail in the garden. It's his human will versus divine will and Jesus' submission to God the Father. Verse 42, again, the second time he went away and prayed saying, oh
7:45 my Father, if this cup cannot pass away from me unless I drink it, your will be done. 3 times, Jesus prayed to the father as he faced carrying the sin of mankind to the cross
7:57 and experiencing the separation of himself from the father. Now verses 47 through 56 are his arrest, which we'll actually look at, in when we
8:09 look at the book of Luke because it's in much greater detail there. But I do want to point out verse 53. Or do you not think that I could or do you think that I could
8:20 not now pray to my father and he will provide me with more than 12 legions of angels? Again, Jesus makes clear that his life is not being taken away from him. This was during his
8:32 arrest, and he and and then we'll read later that Peter actually pulled out a sword and cut off the ear of of of 1 of the servants coming to arrest Jesus. And he said, you know what? Look. I I could
8:44 call down angels, to rescue me, but that's not the point. So, again, it shows that Jesus' life was not being taken, but it was being given, and that's very important. Look at, verse
8:56 20. Look at, Matthew chapter 20 well, let me read Matthew chapter 20 verse 28. Just as the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life a
9:07 ransom for many. To give his life a ransom for many. Alright. Verses 57 through 75 is Jesus before the high priest in that kangaroo court that he experienced.
9:19 Verse 57. And those who had laid hold of Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest where the scribes and the elders were assembled. Verse 58. But Verse 58. But but Peter followed
9:31 him at a distance and the high at the high to the high priest's courtyard, and he went in and sat with the servants to see the end. Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against
9:43 Jesus to put him to death, but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last, 2 false witnesses came forward. You know, they were looking for false testimony, and finally, they
9:55 found 2 that would lie. Now think about this for a moment. 2 people that would bear false witness against God. God's law for the Jewish people to
10:06 safeguard safeguard justice required 2 or 3 witnesses in order to find someone guilty. Now this is another example of publicly abiding by the letter of the law, but secretly violating
10:18 the intent of the law because justice justice was not done at the hands of these religious leaders. Verse 61. This fellow
10:30 said, I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in 3 days. And the high priest arose and said to him, do you answer nothing? What is it these men testify against you?'
10:42 But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to him, 'I put you under oath by the living God. Tell us if you are Jesus said to him, it is as you said.
10:54 Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the power and coming on the clouds of heaven. You know, throughout this whole ordeal, even as we'll see next time as he goes
11:06 before Pilate, Jesus' words were very few so that there was great clarity in what he said. Every word had meaning. He meant what he he said and he said what he meant. Verse 65, then the
11:18 high priest tore his clothes saying he has spoken blasphemy. What further need do we have of witnesses? Look now, you have heard his blasphemy. Then we have Peter's in the close of this chapter, we have Peter's 3
11:29 encounters 2 with, with girls, servant girls. 1 with the crowd, and he denies Jesus all 3 times. Verse 74. Then he began to curse and swear, saying, I do not know the man.
11:41 Immediately a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the words of Jesus who said to him, before the rooster crows, you will deny me 3 times. So he went out and he wept
11:53 bitterly. Recall in in verse 31, Jesus said that all would be made to stumble or fall away. Why? I mean, Peter was so bold in saying that he would die with Jesus if need
12:04 be. And it was a heartfelt declaration. I have no doubt that Peter was all in when he said that. As Jesus was was, said about
12:16 their inability, as they were in the garden with him praying, and he said about their inability to stay awake and pray, he said, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Peter had good intentions, but the reality
12:28 is we cannot faithfully serve God or stand in the face of the enraged and desperate forces of darkness in our own strength. We must have the power of the Holy Spirit. We're
12:40 We're gonna see that in the life of Peter as we continue our journey into the New Testament. What you've been listening to is my morning devotional on Matthew chapter 26. It
12:52 comes from FRC Stand on the Word. And this is a special Good Friday edition of Washington Watch. And and by the way, if you haven't joined us yet for our 2 year journey to the
13:04 Bible, as I mentioned at the top of the program, we started a new 1 in January, but you can join us at any time, and I encourage you to do so. You can simply text the word bible to 6 7 7
13:16 4 2. That's bible to 6 7 7 4 2. Or if you would like to take a deeper look into the book of Matthew, I've got a study guide available for the book of Matthew, and you can get that as
13:27 well by texting Matthew to 6 7 7 4 2. That's Matthew to 6 7 7 4 2. Well, coming up, we're gonna continue with a special Good Friday edition of Washington Watch,
13:39 turning to Matthew chapter 27 as we look as we continue the story of Christ's crucifixion, his burial, and his resurrection, which gives us hope, not just
13:51 for today, but into eternity. So stay with us. We'll be right
13:57 back after
14:01 this. When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for 1 people To dissolve the political bands bands which have connected them with another. And to assume among the powers of the earth
14:12 The separate and equal station to which the laws of nature
14:16 And of nature's god entitle them.
14:18 A decent respect to the opinions of
14:20 mankind requires that they should declare the causes
14:23 which impel them to the separation.
14:26 We hold these truths to be self evident.
14:28 That all men are created equal.
14:30 That they're endowed by their creator. With certain unalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men.
14:42 Deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Happy 200 and fiftieth.
14:48 Happy 200 and fiftieth.
14:50 Happy 200 and fiftieth.
14:52 Happy 200 and fiftieth birthday, America.
14:54 May God bless America.
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