Betrayal
February 5, 2010 | Posted by Doug
"one of you will betray me." -Mark 14:18
| Reading: Mark 14:17-21
The authorities had already decided that Jesus was dangerous and must be executed. They didn’t want to arrest him in the crowd for fear of a riot for he was popular among the people. They needed to find him alone. He was carefully hiding out among fellow Galileans in Bethany just outside of Jerusalem. Judas became their inside informant. Why did he betray Jesus? Was it for money? Was there some confusion? The whole idea of betrayal creates a lot of distress in the group. How does betrayal happen in our lives, how do we deal with it?