Then Comes The Night
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Introduction
Introduction
Theme: Jesus’s weakness; Judas’s betrayal into the night.
The stumbling stone of Jesus Christ and His cross is that Jesus was supposed to be a strong, victorious, triumphant military hero, as far as the people were concerned.
The Jews had taught for centuries that the Messiah would conquer the Gentiles and restore Israel to a place of prominence among the nations.
The Messiah was supposed to be the victor over the world and bring in the blessings of Abraham.
AND, the Pharisees and other religious leaders would co-reign with Messiah.
This is why the sons of Zebedee were arguing about who will sit at the right and the left of the messiah in the kingdom.
But, the plan of God, even though taught in the Law, Psalms, and Prophets, was that the Messiah would come in weakness, foolishness in the eyes of man, and He would be temporarily defeated at the hands of the Gentiles.
1 Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. 3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him. 7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due? 9 His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
25 “So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. 26 “Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
But I am a worm and not a man,
A reproach of men and despised by the people.
All who see me sneer at me;
They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,
“Commit yourself to the Lord; let Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
The Announcement of the Son-v.21
The Ignorance of the Disciples - vv. 22-26
The Entrance of the Enemy - v.27
The Exit of the Traitor - vv.28-30
v.21-The Announcement of the Son
v.21-The Announcement of the Son
When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me.”
(Mt 26:20–25; Mk 14:17–21; Lk 22:21–23)
Ταῦτα εἰπὼν [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς ἐταράχθη τῷ πνεύματι καὶ ἐμαρτύρησεν καὶ εἶπεν, Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι εἷς ἐξ ὑμῶν παραδώσει με.
“(Jesus) became troubled in spirit…”
“(Jesus) became troubled in spirit…”
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled,
“Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
Herod:
Herod:
When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Jesus:
Jesus:
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled,
“Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
What troubled Him?
The thought of Judas’s betrayal into the night.
Then, the thought of what series of events that will produce.
NOTE:
Jesus goes on to say to the disciples,
“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
How can Jesus be troubled in spirit and then tell His disciples to ”not be troubled”?
This gives us some insight into leadership in the church.
Jesus’s trouble was unique to the Son of God.
The disciples have no sense of that level of weight of experience.
Just as today, many want to assume that leaders are just like the followers.
People don’t know the load that leaders carry.
They don’t have the commitments that leaders have.
They have not given up what leaders have given up in order to carry the organization, the church, the family, nor the nation.
But, today, the ignorant and immature believe that authority is the evil in the world and, therefore, if they can abolish authority the world will be a better place.
However, what they don’t know is that God is the ultimate authority and when they want to abolish authority they, in their hearts, want to abolish God!!!
See Korah’s rebellion:
Korah, a son of Levi, gathered 250 renowned men, other leaders of the congregation, and approached Moses in order to stop him from his leadership.
1 Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took action, 2 and they rose up before Moses, together with some of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, chosen in the assembly, men of renown. 3 They assembled together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
Moses put those men, and especially Korah, to the test.
4 When Moses heard this, he fell on his face; 5 and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is His, and who is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; even the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself. 6 “Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company, 7 and put fire in them, and lay incense upon them in the presence of the Lord tomorrow; and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be the one who is holy. You have gone far enough, you sons of Levi!” 8 Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi, 9 is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; 10 and that He has brought you near, Korah, and all your brothers, sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking for the priesthood also? 11 “Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord; but as for Aaron, who is he that you grumble against him?”
They accuse Moses of their being in the wilderness, when, in fact, they were there because of the rebellious unfaithfulness years before.
12 Then Moses sent a summons to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, “We will not come up. 13 “Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us? 14 “Indeed, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!” 15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”
Korah and those who followed him are judged by God.
20 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 21 “Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.” 22 But they fell on their faces and said, “O God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?” 23 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.’ ” 25 Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following him, 26 and he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart now from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their sin.” 27 So they got back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents, along with their wives and their sons and their little ones. 28 Moses said, “By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these deeds; for this is not my doing. 29 “If these men die the death of all men or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 “But if the Lord brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the Lord.” 31 As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open; 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions. 33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.
34 All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, “The earth may swallow us up!” 35 Fire also came forth from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
However, the influence of Korah, the rebellious complainer, caused an effect that went beyond the death of Korah and his friends and family.
41 But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You are the ones who have caused the death of the Lord’s people.” 42 It came about, however, when the congregation had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting, 44 and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 45 “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.” Then they fell on their faces. 46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the Lord, the plague has begun!” 47 Then Aaron took it as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly, for behold, the plague had begun among the people. So he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. 48 He took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked. 49 But those who died by the plague were 14,700, besides those who died on account of Korah. 50 Then Aaron returned to Moses at the doorway of the tent of meeting, for the plague had been checked.
Complainers draw out of people eyes of jealousy and self-entitlement.
This is why complaining is a sin.
The disciples are watching their Lord and Master suffer silently.
“…Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me.”
“…Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me.”
Remember, Jesus not only know this, but, in fact, determined this before even choosing Judas.
8 “A wicked thing is poured out upon him, That when he lies down, he will not rise up again.” 9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.
30 And David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went, and his head was covered and he walked barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his head and went up weeping as they went. 31 Now someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness.”
Remember, this betrayal was first displayed from heaven by Satan himself:
12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 “You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared. 14 “You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 “You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you. 16 “By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire. 17 “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you. 18 “By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you.
Every betrayal in history is a reflection of this first betrayal by Satan.
v.22 The Ignorance of the Disciples (-v.26)
v.22 The Ignorance of the Disciples (-v.26)
The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.
ἔβλεπον εἰς ἀλλήλους οἱ μαθηταὶ ἀπορούμενοι περὶ τίνος λέγει.
“The disciples began looking at one another...”
23 And they began to discuss among themselves which one of them it might be who was going to do this thing.
18 As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me.” 19 They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?”
Consider some other things Jesus said to these men.
27 And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, because it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.’ 28 “But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.” 29 But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may fall away, yet I will not.” 30 And Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.” 31 But Peter kept saying insistently, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing also.
I want to make a point out of this because these men, sincere as they were, at least as far as they could be, were clueless about their own weakness.
The contrast is stark!!
Jesus:
37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.”
Disciples:
35 Peter said to Him, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You.” All the disciples said the same thing too.
Do not be surprised when a friend, a familiar Christian, is found out to be a traitor to Christ.
He/she will be one who will be shocked when anyone is suspicious of them.
He/she will defy the accusation that their commitment to Christ is not what it should be.
He/she will, at some point, though, demonstrate their true colors....given enough time.
Until they are found out, however, they will blend in and they will be/pretend to be just as shocked that they might betray Christ as anyone else would be.
The reality is, people around that person will not suspect them because they are caught up in their own selfishness and distractions of life.
The spiritually mature, those who are humble, spiritually-minded, obedient, will see these things and will be cautious around these kinds of people.
v.23
v.23
There was reclining on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
ἦν ἀνακείμενος εἷς ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς.
John was leaning into Jesus’s bosom, chest.
This is the first time the term “whom Jesus loved...” is used of John the Apostle.
1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
John seems to be referring to himself here as one whom Jesus loved, in spite of the prediction in Matthew, Mark, and Luke that all of these men will fall away from Him that night.
John is the one whom Jesus loved even though John would not love Him with the same conviction and commitment.
v.24
v.24
So Simon Peter *gestured to him, and *said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking.”
νεύει οὖν τούτῳ Σίμων Πέτρος πυθέσθαι τίς ἂν εἴη περὶ οὗ λέγει.
Natural inquisitiveness.
Jesus did not say who it was and appears to not be telling who it was who would betray Him, without this prodding.
“Gestured...” = motion with his head or hand.
This act is an act of “inquiring,” asking of something or someone.
Peter was always one to ask questions.
v.25
v.25
He, leaning back thus on Jesus’ bosom, *said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”
ἀναπεσὼν οὖν ἐκεῖνος οὕτως ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ λέγει αὐτῷ, Κύριε, τίς ἐστιν;
The position of John made it easy to “whisper” to Jesus this question.
The answer, then, would only be heard by John, Jesus, and possibly, Judas.
“In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
v.26
v.26
Jesus then *answered, “That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the morsel, He *took and *gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
ἀποκρίνεται [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς, Ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ᾧ ἐγὼ βάψω τὸ ψωμίον καὶ δώσω αὐτῷ5. βάψας οὖν τὸ ψωμίον [λαμβάνει καὶ] δίδωσιν6 Ἰούδᾳ Σίμωνος Ἰσκαριώτου.
In this act, Jesus identifies who it is who will betray Him.
None of the other disciples, we assume, understand what is happening.
The morsel is a small portion of food, bread, that is used as a common meal.
It would have been part of the meal, possibly before the main portion of the meal.
Bit, this act would have been understood by all the men there as a demonstration of honoring the guest of honor.
Jesus would have been the host.
Judas would have been the guest of honor.
v.27 The Entrance of the Enemy
v.27 The Entrance of the Enemy
After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus *said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
καὶ μετὰ τὸ ψωμίον τότε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς ἐκεῖνον ὁ Σατανᾶς. λέγει οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ὃ ποιεῖς ποίησον τάχιον.
The morsel was the ”sign” that Jesus was giving to John to identify the betrayer.
With that sign, it was necessary to leave and begin the God-ordained “hour” for the Son to suffer.
The enemy had already entered Judas once before.
And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, belonging to the number of the twelve.
v.28 The Exit of the Traitor (-v.30)
v.28 The Exit of the Traitor (-v.30)
Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him.
τοῦτο [δὲ] οὐδεὶς ἔγνω τῶν ἀνακειμένων πρὸς τί εἶπεν αὐτῷ
Even though Jesus identified Judas, none of the other disciples knew it was Judas who would betray Him.
There is no indication that Peter was told by John who the betrayer was.
Further, Peter did not put two-and-two together.
The ignorance of the disciples culminated in this part of the scene.
v.29
v.29
For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we have need of for the feast”; or else, that he should give something to the poor.
τινὲς γὰρ ἐδόκουν, ἐπεὶ τὸ γλωσσόκομον εἶχεν Ἰούδας, ὅτι λέγει αὐτῷ [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς, Ἀγόρασον ὧν χρείαν ἔχομεν εἰς τὴν ἑορτήν, ἢ τοῖς πτωχοῖς ἵνα τι δῷ.
John’s editorial remark.
Judas held the money box.
The disciples did not think that Judas might be the one Jesus publicly stated would betray Him.
They, in their denseness of spiritual mind, could only think this way.
They could not ”see” the spiritual realities going on around them, including the Lord’s weakness.
It will not be until Judas shows up in the garden with the Romans and the religious rulers that they will realize who the betrayer was.
These men are very dense.
v.30
v.30
So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and it was night.
λαβὼν οὖν τὸ ψωμίον ἐκεῖνος ἐξῆλθεν εὐθύς. ἦν δὲ νύξ.
1 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 “We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. 5 “While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 “But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
35 So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. 36 “While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.” These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.
In obedience to Jesus’ command to go out immediately, Judas gets up from the left of Christ and pushes himself away from the table and exits.
He leaves the presence of Jesus Christ forever.
He leaves the camaraderie of the apostles forever as well.
Conclusion
Conclusion
From here, the Son teaches the eleven from His heart and divulges His brokenness.
He knows the hour is upon Him.
It is unlike any other hour in history.
Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus *said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God 1is glorified in Him;