CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES(THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST OF JESUS) YEAR 8 JUNE 30, 2020

THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST

 Betrayal is the act of giving out information about something or somebody to an enemy. It is an act disloyalty and unfaithfulness

 THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST

After the last supper, Jesus and His disciples left for the Mount of Olives to spend the night there from where they went to the

 garden of Gethsemane. Jesus prayed a prayer of agony in 

the garden because of the heaviness of His heart. After some

 time Judas Iscariot who was to betray Him came with a crowd

 to arrest Jesus because they have promised to pay him thirty 

pieces of silver if he can hand over Jesus to them. Before this 

time, Judas Iscariot had given the crowd a sign to identify the 

person to arrest. Judas went near Jesus and kissed Him, on

 seeing this sign the crowd that came with him immediately 

arrested Jesus

One of the disciples of Jesus tried to defend Jesus by cutting

 off the ear of one of the servant of the high priest. Jesus 

condemned this act of violence and said that those who

 engage in a violent act would die by violent means. 

All the disciples of Jesus ran away except Peter who went along with the crowd that took Jesus away, as far as to the courtyard of Caiaphas the high priest, where Jesus was to be tried.

MORAL LESSON

1. Jesus prayed seriously in the garden of 

Gethsemane because of what was ahead of Him. We also should learn to commit our ways into the hands of God always.

2. Judas Iscariot was a traitor. He betrayed the Lord Jesus for 

thirty pieces of silver. We should not be greedy because 

greediness can make one to his/her hands into evil

3. We must not betray those that put their trust in us, like

 Judas did.

4. We should not engage in violence because anyone that 

engages in violent will die through violence.

          MATT. 26: 47-68, 69 -75

 THE TRIAL OF JESUS

Jesus was taken to the house of the high priest (Caiaphas)

 where members of the Jewish Council (the Sanhedrin)

 had gathered. Here, Jesus was tried. At the trial, false accusations were made against him. They said he had said that he would destroy the Temple and build another, not made with hands,

 in three days. Jesus did not answer the charges because they were false. 

The high priest then asked Jesus whether he was the Son of God and when he agreed, he said Jesus was to die because of that. The people spat on him and hit him with

 their fists. They covered his eyes and asked him to identify who it was that struck him.

PETER’S DENIAL

Peter was in the courtyard watching the trial of Jesus. One of

 the maids of the high priest accused Peter twice that he was with Jesus, but he denied both, the bystanders also accused

 Peter for the third time that he was one of the disciples of

 Jesus; for he was a Galilean. Immediately Peter denied Jesus

 for the third time, the cock crowed a second time. Jesus

 looked at Peter and Peter remembered the words of

 Jesus that before the cock crowed twice he would deny him three times. Peter felt sorry for having disappointed Jesus by

 denying him. He went out and wept bitterly.

In the morning, the Council met and decided to take Jesus to

 be tried by Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea in

 Jerusalem. Pilate tried Jesus and found him innocent of all the charges made against him. He saw that the Council hated

 Jesus and wanted him to die. Therefore, he did his best to

 save Jesus.

There was a custom of releasing a prisoner at the feast of the

 Passover. Pilate asked the people whether he should release

 Jesus or a prisoner called Barabbas a troublemaker. But, the chief priest persuaded the people to have Barabbas released.

 When Pilate asked what evil Jesus had done, they replied that he should be crucified. Again Pilate asked what evil

 Jesus had done, but they shouted the more: “Crucify him.”

Pilate was forced to obey the wishes of the crowd. 

He released Barabbas, and handed over Jesus to be crucified.

MORAL LESSONS:

1 1. Peter disappointed Jesus by denying him. We also disappoint Jesus when we do what is wrong and evil. We must learn not to disappoint Jesus.

2 2. Jesus suffered for our sake. You must learn to pray to suffer for the sake of others like Jesus did, and for the church and our country whenever such occasions arise.