Jesus was placed in the custody of the Roman soldiers, and Judas Iscariot appeared before the Sanhedrin “to claim the reward for having participated in the Master’s arrest and sentence of death.” “All of these Jews loathed Judas; they

As the death sentence could not be carried out by the Jews, Jesus was taken by the temple guards into the presence of Pilate, the Roman governor, bound and accompanied by about fifty accusers, including the Sanhedrist court, Judas

“Jesus spent about three hours at the palace of Annas on Mount Olivet, not far from the garden of Gethsemane.” After this interrogation, Annas sent Jesus to the palace of Caiaphas, the current high priest, who had called the Sanhedrist court of inquiry together in order to put Jesus on trial. When the court was finished with the hearing, they had drawn up an indictment of Jesus as being worthy of death. Finally, “Jesus was led from the home of Caiaphas to appear

Judas left the final meal with Jesus and the apostles and proceeded to meet with the temple guards, offering to lead them to Jesus. Judas led the guards to the home where the meal had taken place, but Jesus had already left with the apostles for Gethsemane, so the body of soldiers went directly to the garden. There the arrest took place, and Jesus was taken into custody and delivered to the palace

“As Jesus and the eleven made their way back to camp, the apostles began to wonder about the meaning of Judas’s prolonged absence.” “But they did not engage in open comment until they reached the camp and observed that Judas was not there, waiting to receive them.” “David Zebedee and John Mark took Jesus to one side and revealed that they had kept Judas under observation for several days, and that they knew of the intention to betray Jesus into the hands of the enemies.” “None of the apostles expected anything out of the ordinary to happen that night since it was already so late.” “Only David Zebedee and John Mark understood that the enemies of Jesus were coming with Judas that very night.”

“At last it was beginning to dawn on these Galileans that their friend and teacher was going to leave them, and their hope grasped at the promise that Jesus, after a little while, would again be with them, but they were prone to forget

Jesus spoke freely about soon leaving the apostles, saying “..., I am going away, going back to my Creator Parent. In a little while you will not see me as you do here. In a very short time I am going to send you my spirit, just like me

Jesus and the apostles gathered at the home of John Mark’s parents, celebrating the Passover a day early. This is the meal commonly known as the “Last Supper.” The story is

“Jesus planned to spend this Thursday, the last free day on earth, with the apostles and a few loyal and devoted

“When the work of teaching the people did not press them, it was the custom of Jesus and the apostles to rest each