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Scripture tells us that the chief priests and the scribes had been looking for a way to put Jesus to death. Herod tried to kill Jesus when he was just an infant and ordered the massacre of the Holy Innocents (cf. Mt 2:16-17). When he began his public ministry, after preaching in Nazareth, townspeople wanted to throw Jesus off a cliff (cf. Lk 4:29-30). And when he called himself God, people picked up stones ready to kill him (cf. Jn 8:59).
This is not an exhaustive list. There are numerous times where people were ready to kill Jesus. But they didn’t manage. Not until Jesus was betrayed by Judas.
Why? Well, for one, Jesus spoke of his death as taking place at an appointed time. John’s Gospel reports, “They tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come” (Jn 7:30). So the betrayal of Jesus could not occur until the appointed time.
When did that time come?
Scripture tells us that the feet of Jesus were anointed in Bethany, before the celebration of Passover. Judas objected to the use of the costly spikenard, saying: “Why has there been this waste of perfumed oil? It could have been sold for more than three hundred days’ wages and the money given to the poor” (Mk 14:4-5). Jesus rebuked Judas and explained that the woman had foreshadowed his coming death by anointing his body.
Continued below.
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This is not an exhaustive list. There are numerous times where people were ready to kill Jesus. But they didn’t manage. Not until Jesus was betrayed by Judas.
Why? Well, for one, Jesus spoke of his death as taking place at an appointed time. John’s Gospel reports, “They tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come” (Jn 7:30). So the betrayal of Jesus could not occur until the appointed time.
When did that time come?
Scripture tells us that the feet of Jesus were anointed in Bethany, before the celebration of Passover. Judas objected to the use of the costly spikenard, saying: “Why has there been this waste of perfumed oil? It could have been sold for more than three hundred days’ wages and the money given to the poor” (Mk 14:4-5). Jesus rebuked Judas and explained that the woman had foreshadowed his coming death by anointing his body.
Continued below.
Spy Wednesday: The day of shadows
There are numerous times where people were ready to kill Jesus. But they didn’t manage. Not until Jesus was betrayed by Judas. Why?
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