The Arrangement - Mark 14:10-11 shows that Judas Iscariot thought about this and made a conscious decision. - The price paid to Judas was the cost of replacing a neighbor's animal if it was killed due to someone's actions
The Act - A great number of armed Roamn soldiers and Temple Guards came to arrest Jesus. This force was dispatched by the chief priests, teachers of the law and the elders. - The "kiss" was to make sure they arrested Jesus and did not make a mistake of getting the wrong man. - They came at night under the cover of darkness. However, Jesus had been in public for two weeks before this with numerous opportunities to arrest him, but no public action was taken.
The Appendix The "young man" is believed to be John Mark. This would explain how this first hand account was captured and written.
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Pastor Larry E. Clouse is the Senior Pastor at Merrimack Valley Baptist Church (MVBC) in Merrimack, NH, a ministry he was led to start in 1982 which God has blessed through the years. Before coming to New England, he served as a missionary and church planter in Hawaii and a...