To be dishonored is to have been found to have let down your fellows in your company or group of friends. Once you have been discovered or found out you can no longer remain as a valued member of that group. At the last supper Jesus was aware that one of his disciples had arranged to betray him to the Sanhedrin. He revealed this to the group and told the traitor to go and fulfill his mission. Judas Iscariot got up and left the table and went to the Temple, where he arranged to betray the Christ.
After the supper, Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane and prayed knowing that the dreadful end was coming. As his disciples slept, Judas drew near with his contact from the Sanhedrin and some soldiers to arrest Jesus. Judas went to Jesus and identified his master with a kiss and called him Rabbi, meaning teacher. The soldiers were then ordered to take the identified leader and the unprotesting Jesus was taken away to be questioned and tried. The Sanhedrin judged him but by Roman Law had no right to execute anybody, so they took him before Pontius Pilate.
The Roman Governor of Judea found no fault with Jesus and famously washed his hands of the responsibility of the case. His wife sent word to him that she had dreamed of this righteous man and that he should be released. However, the Jews who had brought Jesus to trail before the Roman governor argued strongly about the dangers of allowing Jesus to live and so it was that Jesus was to be whipped and then taken to Golgotha, where he was stripped of his clothing and then was crucified.
Meanwhile Judas Iscariot had had second thoughts and tried to return the thirty pieces of silver to the Sanhedrin, but they wouldn’t accept them back. The coins were considered to be unclean and, although they had been paid out of Temple funds, they would have now deemed them to be unworthy to be accepted. Remember how Jesus had thrown out the money changers from the temple as they changed unclean money into Temple coinage, so they could be accepted as offerings. Judas Iscariot was later found to have hanged himself in remorse for what he had done.
Monday, 26th April 2021
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