The Betrayal of Judas

Post by **_joshua19** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:56 am

Hello Steve,

I just have a question which seems obvious to most that I ask but the answers don't seem to be very specific, at least to me. I have been wondering for a long time and especially during the period of Easter, just what was the actual "betrayal of Judas" that incited the Romans to want to arrest him? Most of the time the answer that I get is that he led the Roman soldiers to Jesus. But surely they knew who He was and where he could be found, sooner or later. He was teaching all over the countryside and crowds followed Him wherever He went. Some say that it is that He claimed to be a king, but the Jews refused to call him a king; so that couldn't be the accusation.

It is probably a simple answer, but it is eluding me. I'll probably be embarrased with your response; it is probably very obvious.

I really appreciate your teachings and ministry. God be blessing for your diligent study and for sharing, especially on the doctrines of Calvinism and Revelations. These two areas have been a frustration to me until I read your bood "Four Views" and your articles on Calvinism. The dispensational view was never presented to me in 20 years in a verse by verse study until I heard John Courson from Calvary Chapel on the radio. Even then, the view didn't seem like something that God would author and expect us to believe. In some sense, the dispensational view seems to be science fiction as opposed to the rest of the scripture. Thank you for explaining it in a way that is understandable and believable.

The Lord be blessing you,

Joshua 19

Post by **_Christopher** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:54 am

Hi Joshua,

I won't hijack your question to Steve but I just wanted to make one observation. Those who arrested Jesus in the garden were not Roman soldiers. They were probably Jewish temple guards since they were subject to the high priest and the sanhedrin (Matt 26, Mark 14, Luke 22, John 18 ). The religious leaders were highly motivated to get rid of Jesus. The Romans could not care less.

Post by **_Rae** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:09 am

These two areas have been a frustration to me until I read your bood "Four Views" and your articles on Calvinism.

Where are these articles on Calvinism? I would sure love to read them!

Post by **_Steve** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:31 pm

Probably a reference to the posts on that subject at this forum. I haven't written actual articles. Not yet.