The Arrest of Jesus

Arrest of Christ

• “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me?"
  • He wants to tell them - I am going of My own will! Why did you bring swords and clubs? And He delivers Himself into their hands
• They arrested Him and bound Him... and He remained silent.
  • "He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
    Yet He opened not His mouth;
    He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
    And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    So He opened not His mouth." (Isaiah 53)
• Why did He accept this?
  • When they would bring a lamb to sacrifice, they would bring it bound and tied
  • "God is the Lord, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar." (Psalm 118:27)
  • In doing this, He fulfilled the prophecy

He Does Not Resist

"You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you." (James 5:6)

• When He was brought to trials, He didn't resist or utter harsh words
• When we suffer, that's when whatever is inside us comes out; but the Holy One, Grace pours out.

Christ was tried six times - three religious (Jewish) trials and three civil (Roman) trials

• Jewish Trials: Annas (John), Caiaphas (Matthew and Mark), Sanhedrin (Luke)
• Roman Trials: Pilate, Herod, Pilate