Prophecies Of Messiahs Betrayal
Betrayed by a Friend
Even my familiar friend whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted His heel against me. (Psalm 41: 9)
Betrayed by a Friend Fulfilment
After the meal at Bethany, Judas Iscariot went secretly to the chief priests. He asked what they would offer him to betray Jesus and they gave him thirty pieces of silver.
During the Passover meal with His disciples, Jesus was troubled. He said that one of them was going to betray Him. The disciples were stunned, and each of them began to ask Him if they were the ones who would do this.
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After receiving the piece of bread, Satan entered Judas and he left the room quickly. And it was night.
A New Covenant
“Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.. . ” (Jeremiah 31:31)
A New Covenant Fulfilment
Jesus took the bread and broke it. Then He gave it to the disciples; saying that the bread was His body. He took the cup of wine, gave thanks, and told them to drink from it. He said that it was His blood ofthe new covenant, which is shed for the forgiveness of sins.
Forsaken By His Disciples
“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
Against the Man who is My Companion,”
Says the LORD of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered.”(Zechariah 13:7)
Forsaken By His Disciples Fulfillment
Jesus told His disciples that they would all forsake Him that night, as it was prophesied. Peter protested, stating that he would never deny Him. But Jesus said that night, before the rooster crows, he would deny Him three times.
Then Jesus went out with the disciples, to a place called Gethsemane. Deeply troubled, Jesus prayed to His Father, asking if it were possible for this cup of suffering to pass from Him. Nevertheless, not His will, but His Father’s will be done.
As Jesus continued in anguished prayer, His disciples fell asleep.
Then He warned them to be alert, His time of betrayal was near. While He was still speaking Judas arrived, leading an armed crowd.
He went straight to Jesus and identified Him to the guards with a kiss. When they seized Jesus, one of His disciples struck the high priest’s servant and slashed off his ear.
But Jesus told him to put his sword away and restore the man’s ear. He had all heaven’s power at His disposal, but it was His Father’s will that the Scriptures concerning Him were fulfilled. At this point, all His disciples deserted Him and ran away.
Jesus was arrested and led away to the high priest’s house, where all the scribes and elders had assembled. Peter followed at a distance and joined the guards sitting around a fire in the courtyard.
Messiah Oppressed And Afflicted
He was oppressed He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth. (Isaiah 53:7)
Messiah Oppressed And Afflicted Fulfilment
Throughout His unlawful arrest and trial, alone and undefended, Jesus acted with dignity. He remained silent as false witnesses came forward and told lies about Him.
Finally, the high priest commanded Jesus, under oath to the living God, to say whether He was the Messiah, the Son of God.
Jesus answered in the affirmative. Speaking prophetically of His second coming, He stated that He would be seen sitting at the right hand of God and coming on the clouds of heaven (Daniel 7:13).
Jesus was speaking truthfully, but the high priest accused Him of blasphemy, and all those assembled there called for the death sentence. Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat Him.
Having blindfolded Jesus, they mockingly asked Him to prophesy who it was who had struck Him.
Meanwhile, as Peter waited in the courtyard, a servant girl came to him and said that he had been with Jesus of Nazareth. But Peter denied it and said he didn’t know what she was talking about.
As he went out to the gateway another girl saw him and also said that he was with Jesus of Nazareth. But Peter swore that he did not know Him.
Later on, other bystanders insisted that Peter was one of the disciples because it was obvious from his speech that he was a Galilean. Peter began to swear and curse, saying that he did not know the Man.
While Peter was still speaking, a rooster crowed. Then he remembered Jesus telling him that before the rooster crows, he would deny Him three times. Then Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly.
To Be Sold For Thirty Pieces Of Silver
And the LORD said to me, “ Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house ofthe LORD for the potter. (Zechariah 11:13)
To Be Sold For Thirty Pieces Of Silver Fulfilment
Judas, seeing that Jesus was condemned, was overcome with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
He said that he had sinned in betraying an innocent man, but they were indifferent to his remorse. So Judas threw the coins into the temple, then he went out and hanged himself.
Knowing that it was unlawful to accept blood money as an offering in the temple, the chief priests decided to buy a plot of ground to bury strangers in, known as the potter’s field.