After the third time praying in Gethsemane, Jesus came to his slumbering disciples, and said, "Sleep on now, and take your rest" - the opportunity for watching is past. Note: Opportunities pass, never to return; therefore we should never fail to improve them in their passing. "Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners" - the hour of trial is come for which watchings should have prepared. "Arise, let us be going," not to run away from the crisis, but to meet it (cf. John 18:4). "Behold, he is at hand. that betrayeth me. And while he yet spake, lo, Judas," etc. Note here, and admire -

I. THE SUBMISSION OF JESUS TO JUDAS.

1. He might have avoided him.

(1) He knew of his coming (see vers. 45, 46). Every particular of the tragedy was vividly presented to his prophetic spirit.

(2) The Miracle worker had not lost his resources. On a former occasion, when hurried by an infuriated rabble to the brow of the hill at Nazareth, that they might throw him headlong, he knew how to pass through the midst of them (see Luke 4:30). How he did this we are not informed - whether he shut their eyes or overawed them by the sense of his majesty. But Judas knew the fact, and was probably influenced by the recollection of it when he nervously said, "Hold him fast." Instead of avoiding the traitor:

2. He endured his kiss.

(1) A kiss is the token of allegiance and friendship (see Psalm 2:12).

(2) With Judas the token of friendship was made the sign of treachery. The kiss of Judas came to be an expression for the greatest of all hypocrisies - the betrayal of innocence by simulated love. The "angel of light" seeks hellish ends in heavenly means.

(3) By enduring that infamous kiss Jesus permitted the traitor to show himself up. God's permission is judicially given to the sinner to sin. "Do that for which thou art come." Sin is its own chastiser.

3. He called him "friend," or "companion."

(1) Thus he identified himself as the Ahithophel of prophecy (cf. 2 Samuel 15:12; Psalm 41:9; Psalm 55:12-14).

(2) He was "one of the twelve." The vilest wretches lurk in the best company.

(3) Once, probably, Judas had been as sincere a friend to Jesus as Ahithophel had been to David. The Heart searcher would not have chosen him for a disciple and promoted him to the apostolate unless he had then been a true man.

(4) But how fearfully bad he fallen! A leader of the flock of Christ has become the leader of a mob of ruffians against his life. Apostates from religion become its bitterest foes. Julian and Judas are notable examples.

(5) There is truth in the irony of the term "friend." The working out of the redemption and salvation of men was the great purpose cherished in the heart of Christ. Judas, therefore, unwittingly befriended him in furthering his sufferings. Jesus called Peter "Satan" for hindering him (see Matthew 16:22, 23). God brings good out of the evil working of the wicked.

II. THE SUBMISSION OF JESUS TO THE RABBLE.

1. He might have resisted them.

(1) With what authority did he drive the throng of sacrilegious traders from the temple (see Matthew 21:12, 13)!

(2) He was the same Miracle-worker still. At the utterance of the words, "I am he," they were so overpowered that "they went backward, and fell to the ground" (see John 18:6). They never could have approached him without his consent. The power that restored the ear of Malchus could not have been controlled by that of Malchus and his company.

(3) He might have had "more than twelve legions of angels." Note:

(a) The "innumerable company of angels" are marshalled into ranks.

(b) The angels were to Elisha "chariots of fire and horses of fire," not only to secure him, but to consume his assailants (cf. 2 Kings 1:10-15; 2 Kings 2:11; 2 Kings 6:14-17; Psalm 104:4).

(c) If a single angel could destroy a hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians at a stroke (2 Kings 19:35), what might not "twelve legions" do?

2. He forbade an appeal to the sword.

(1) Had he made such an appeal, there would have been a popular response. The people were disposed even forcibly to make Jesus their Warrior-King (see John 6:15). They readily followed false Christs who relied upon the sword. Peter was in sympathy with his nation when he weilded the sword.

(2) But Jesus rebuked the impetuosity of Peter. He struck without asking, "Shall we smite with the sword? "(see Luke 22:49). Peter did not intend evil, but intemperate zeal is often evil in its results.

(3) He reproved him for appealing to the sword.

(a) It was needless, for Christ could have received succour from his Father. God has no need of our sins to bring about his purposes.

(b) It was dangerous, viz. both to himself and his fellow disciples. For "he that; takes the sword shall perish by the sword."

(c) It evinced ignorance of the Scriptures. They teach that the way to glory is through suffering rather than through fighting. Peter would have the end without the means

(d) Peter's unsanctified zeal was another step toward his fall, by increasing his subsequent fear of detection.

(4) To show that he did not wish to be defended by carnal weapons, the Lord healed the ear of Malchus (see Luke 22:51). The soldiers of Christ do not war after the flesh (see 2 Corinthians 10:3, 4).

3. Instead of resisting, he reasoned.

(1) "Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and staves?" Judaea at this time was infested with thieves, and every one will lend a hand to stop a thief.

(2) The "swords" were those of the "cohort" of the chiliarch, or "chief captain" - probably Roman soldiers from the Tower of Antonia (cf. ver. 45; John 18:12). The "slaves" were those of the creatures of the high priest. These classes were usually at variance; but, like Pilate and Herod, they find a point of agreement in hostility to Christ.

(3) Thus they treated as a robber him that came to "restore" that he "took not away" (see Psalm 69:4). He became a prisoner that he might set us at liberty. "If therefore ye seek me, let these go their way" (see John 18:8, 9).

(4) "I sat daily in the temple teaching, and ye took me not." How comes this change in your conduct? Is it not unreasonable and inconsistent? Why come clandestinely in the night? Who looks most like the criminal?

III. THE SUBMISSION OF JESUS TO GOD.

1. For the vindication of his truth.

(1) "How then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?" Jesus carried the Law of God in his heart.

(2) They were "a great multitude" that came to arrest him, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled which saith, "Lord, how are they increased that trouble me!" (Psalm 3:1).

(3) By being pursued as a thief, "he was numbered with the transgressors" (Isaiah 53:12). This Scripture met a further accomplishment when he was afterwards crucified between two malafactors (see Mark 15:27, 28).

(4) He was shamefully deserted by his disciples. In their conduct they evinced

(a) unfaithfulness,

(b) unkindness,

(c) ingratitude,

(d) folly.

For why should they through fear of death forsake the Fountain of life (see John 6:67, 68)? But this desertion was to be a part of Messiah's suffering (cf. Job 19:13; Psalm 38:11; Isaiah 63:3-5).

(5) The Scripture must be fulfilled that Christ should be "led as a lamb to the slaughter" (Isaiah 53:7). Had he summoned the angels, he would not have been so led. Note: Nothing must be done against the fulfilment of the Scriptures.

2. For the vindication of his goodness.

(1) The sword of the Lord was drawn against Christ (see Zechariah 13:7). The Great One had to be smitten that the "little ones" might go free.

(2) The Redeemer of mankind had afterwards to become the Intercessor for the salvation of believers.

(3) He had to become the Example of the triumph of patience, of the victories of suffering. He accordingly denounced the human doctrine of victory by the sword, by asserting the converse, viz. "All they that take the sword shall perish by the sword."

(4) History has given its verdict. The Jews who put our Lord to death by the sword of the Romans perished by the same Roman sword. The Romans who used the sword against Christ perished by the sword of the Goths. The doom of persecuting Churches and of persecutors also is pre-written here (see Revelation 13:10). Reflect: Are there not still found among the disciples:

1. Those who betray Christ and his cause?

2. Who deny him and his people?

3. Who abandon him, his cause, his people, and his truth? - J.A.M.

I. The PATIENCE of Christ's love. The betrayer in the very instant of his treason has that changeless tenderness lingering around him, and that merciful hand beckoning to him still. Sin is mighty, but it cannot make God cease to love us.

II. The PLEADING of Christ's patient love. There is an appeal to the traitor's heart, and an appeal to his conscience. Christ would have him think of the relations that have so long subsisted between them, and of the real nature of the deed he was doing. The sharp question is meant to wake up his conscience. All our evils are betrayals of Christ, and all our betrayals of Christ are sins against a perfect friendship and an unvaried goodness. We too have sat at His table, heard His wisdom, had a place in His heart. It is the constant effort of the love of Christ to get us to say to ourselves the real name of what we are about. "Wherefore art thou come? " Almost all actions have a better and a worse side, prudence is called selfishness; we are clever men of business, he a rogue. It is, therefore, the office of love to force us to look at the thing as it is. He must begin with rebukes that He may advance to blessing.

III. The possible REJECTION Of the pleading of Christ's patient love. We can resist His pleadings. It is easily done. Judas merely held his peace — no more. Silence is sufficient. Non-submission is rebellion. The appeal of Christ's love hardens where it does not soften. The sun either scatters the summer morning mists, or it rolls them into heavier folds, from whose livid depths the lightning is flashing by mid-day. That silence was probably the silence of a man whose conscience was convicted while his will was unchanged.

(A. Maclaren, D. D.)

As the sunshine pours down as willingly and abundantly on filth and dunghills, as on gold that glitters in its beam, and jewels that flash back its lustre, so the light and warmth of that unsetting and unexhausted source of life pours down on "the unthankful and on the good." The great ocean clasps some black and barren crag that frowns against it, as closely as with its waves it kisses some fair strand enamelled with flowers and fragrant with perfumes. So that sea of love in which we live, and move, and have our being, encircles the worst with abundant flow. He Himself sets us the pattern, which to imitate is to be the children of "our Father which is in heaven," in that He loves His enemies, blessing them that curse, and doing good to them that hate.

(A. Maclaren, D. D.)

We cannot cease to be the objects of His love, but we can refuse to be the recipients of its most precious gifts. We can bar our hearts against it. Then, of what avail is it to us? To go back to an earlier illustration, the sunshine pours down and floods a world, what does that matter to us if we have fastened up shutters on all our windows, and barred every crevice through which the streaming gladness can find its way? We shall grope at noontide as in the dark, within our gloomy houses, while our neighbours have light in theirs. What matters it though we float in the great ocean of the Divine love, if with pitch and canvas we have carefully closed every aperture at which the flood can enter? A hermetically closed jar, plunged in the Atlantic, will be as dry inside as if it were lying on the sand of the desert. It is possible to perish of thirst within sight of the fountain. It is possible to separate ourselves from the love of God, not to separate the love of God from ourselves.

(A. Maclaren, D. D.)

But why did Christ choose Judas as a disciple, knowing him a wicked man?

1. To teach us that He will tolerate in the Church militant evil men, and no society among men so small, so holy, but some will creep in.

2. To show His humility and patience in admitting to His board and bread so vile a person, yea, to dip his hand in the same dish.

3. To accomplish the ancient prophecy, that his familiar friend, and he that eats bread with Him, that went up to the house of God with Him as a friend, he should lift up his hand against Him (Psalm 55:13, 14.)

(Thomas Taylor.)

Human vengeance will produce its own punishment. Resist, and you will be resisted. Treat men unkindly and they will treat you unkindly. But, on the other hand, be gentle and you will rule. Be willing to bear injuries and you will triumph. Believe in martyrdom. Let martyrdom be possible. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." Christ is the great fulfilment of that beatitude; and His example is here before us, consistent to the end.

(Dean Howson.)

Caiaphas, Jesus, Judas, Peter, Simon, Zabdi, ZebedeeBethany, Galilee, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, NazarethBehold, Blow, Bondman, Chief, Cut, Cutting, Drew, Ear, Forth, Priest, Priest's, Reached, Servant, Slave, Smiting, Smote, Stretched, Struck, Sword1. Jesus foretells his own death.
3. The rulers conspire against him.
6. The woman anoints his feet.
14. Judas bargains to betray him.
17. Jesus eats the Passover;
26. institutes his holy supper;
30. foretells the desertion of his disciples, and Peter's denial;
36. prays in the garden;
47. and being betrayed by a kiss,
57. is carried to Caiaphas,
69. and denied by Peter.

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