Author: Clark Brown

After Jesus was condemned to death by the Jewish Sanhedrin at the break of day on Thursday of Passion week He was immediately taken to Pilate, the Roman governor.  Since the Jews did not have the authority under their Roman oppressors to put anyone to death (lest doing so undermine Rome’s interests by executing Roman…

Having condemned Jesus to death at the break of day on Thursday morning of Passion Week, the Jewish leaders quickly led Him to the Roman governor to carry out their sentence before His disciples had time to find out what was happening and mount a protest.  Since their own Passover celebration would start that evening…

After being arrested in Gethsemane Jesus faced three inquisitions or trials before the Jews within just a few hours, and is now about to face three more before the Gentiles in an even shorter period of time.  At the most recent He was condemned to death by a formal gathering of the Sanhedrin to make…

What prophecy does Matthew say was fulfilled by the purchase of the Potter’s Field with the blood money Judas cast into the temple?  See Mat 27:9-10.  Through whom does he say the prophecy was spoken?  Where does it appear that the prophecy is actually found?  See Zec 11:12-13.  How do we reconcile this seeming error…

Although Judas’ betrayal of the Lord for worldly gain was a great and grievous sin, there is good evidence that he was deceived and even supposed he was helping to establish the sort of kingdom all of the disciples were imagining in the existing climate of Roman rule and oppression.  Unable to see any victory…

As day broke on Thursday morning of passion week Jesus was hastily condemned to death by a kangaroo court gathered to legitimize the verdict that had already been decided upon in advance by Annas, Caiaphas, and the other Jewish leaders.  Since the Romans had stripped from them the authority to carry out executions, an inquisition…

Contrary to Judas’ expectations, Jesus was condemned to death by the Sanhedrin and delivered up to Pilate for execution.  Unable to see any victory through suffering, or life through death, he could not imagine that Jesus would allow Himself to be crucified.  Faced with the gravity of his error that would make him accountable for…

As Jesus was led away to Pilate to execute His death sentence, Matthew records that Judas, not expecting such an outcome, was moved to remorse by His condemnation.  Deceived by his greed that could not see the way to life through death, he could not conceive how Jesus, whose power he had personally witnessed and…

After describing how Jesus was sentenced to death by the ruling body of the Jews, Matthew now interrupts his account of Jesus’ passion to relate what happened to Judas who had betrayed Him.  It seems clear from his words that Judas did not expect Jesus to be condemned to death, and driven to remorse by…