In this passage we have the priests, teachers, and elders coming out to capture Jesus, and Judas signals the arrest by giving him a kiss. Judas calls Jesus 'Rabbi' which is not untrue, but for me it reminds me that Judas didn't get who Jesus was, that he was more than a teacher. That he was the Son of God. We read in Matt. 27 that he had come to grips with what he had done.
Notice in verse 50 "Then all his disciples deserted him and ran away" as Jesus had stated in verse 27. For some reason, I forgot about verse 51-52 which is probably a strange thing to read after the serious verses of Jesus' capture in the previous verses. It's about a young man that followed behind, and the mob tried to grab him, but "he slipped out of his shirt and ran away naked". I have nothing profound to say about this, but it does show the hostility in the mob, and the anger that was shown toward Jesus.
Jesus' message was a profound one for the people, and anytime the truth is spoken out there will be some sort of hostility in one way or another, because Jesus message cut down to the heart of the matter. Christians throughout the world undergo some sort of persecution, because of the life changing message of the gospel. What I take away from this horrible event, is that we need to pray for the persecuted church, for those Christians who take a stand against the evil of this world.
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