1. John 18: 37“You are a king then?” Pilate asked.
“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”
38“What is truth?” said Pilate.

2. 37“You are a king then?” Pilate asked.
“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”
38“What is truth?” said Pilate.

3. 37“You are a king then?” Pilate asked.
“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”
38“What is truth?” said Pilate.

4. 37“You are a king then?” Pilate asked.
“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”
38“What is truth?” said Pilate.

5. 38“What is truth?” said Pilate.
37“You are a king then?” Pilate asked.
“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”
38“What is truth?” said Pilate.

6. According to Dr. Luke
“Crucify Him!”

7. Warning!
Mature themes coming over the next three weeks not suitable for children!

8. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

9. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

10. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

11. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

12. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

13. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

14. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

15. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

16. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

17. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

18. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

19. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

20. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

21. 6The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7So they conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. 8Therefore that field has been called “Blood Field” to this day. 9Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites, 10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.

22. 6The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7So they conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. 8Therefore that field has been called “Blood Field” to this day. 9Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites, 10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.

23. 6The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7So they conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. 8Therefore that field has been called “Blood Field” to this day. 9Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites, 10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.

24. 6The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7So they conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. 8Therefore that field has been called “Blood Field” to this day. 9Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites, 10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.

25. 6The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7So they conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. 8Therefore that field has been called “Blood Field” to this day. 9Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites, 10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.

26. 6The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7So they conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. 8Therefore that field has been called “Blood Field” to this day. 9Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites, 10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.

27. Matthew 27: 3Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. 4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
5So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

29. James 4: 7…submit to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you
James 4: 7…submit to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.

30. James 4: 7…submit to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you
James 4: 7…submit to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.

31. James 4: 7…submit to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you
James 4: 7…submit to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.

32. 2nd Corinthians 10: 3…though we live in the body, we do not wage war in an unspiritual way, 4since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.

33. 2nd Corinthians 10: 3…though we live in the body, we do not wage war in an unspiritual way, 4since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.

34. 2nd Corinthians 10: 3…though we live in the body, we do not wage war in an unspiritual way, 4since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.

35. 2nd Corinthians 10: 3…though we live in the body, we do not wage war in an unspiritual way, 4since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.

36. 1st John 1: 6If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. 7But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

37. 1st John 1: 6If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. 7But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

38. 1st John 1: 6If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. 7But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

39. 1st John 1: 6If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. 7But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

40. 1st John 1: 6If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. 7But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

41. 1st John 1: 6If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. 7But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

42. Digging Deeper!
1. What practical steps should each of us be taking to avoid the guilt, depression and despondency that led to Judas’ suicide?

43. John 13: 34“I give you a new command: Love one another
John 13: 34“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another. 35By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

44. John 13: 34“I give you a new command: Love one another
John 13: 34“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another. 35By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

45. John 13: 34“I give you a new command: Love one another
John 13: 34“I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another. 35By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

46. 1st Thessalonians 3: 12…may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another…

47. Digging Deeper!
2. How can we in the faith community help one another avoid the isolation that led to Judas’ suicide? What is our responsibility to each other, and to the Lord?

48. Luke 23: 13Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, 14and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of. 15Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death. 16Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

49. Luke 23: 13Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, 14and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of. 15Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death. 16Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

50. Luke 23: 13Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, 14and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of. 15Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death. 16Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

51. Luke 23: 13Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, 14and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of. 15Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death. 16Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

52. Luke 23: 13Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, 14and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of. 15Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death. 16Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

53. 18Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away
18Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us!” 19(He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)
20Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, 21but they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify Him!”

54. 18Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away
18Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us!” 19(He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)
20Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, 21but they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify Him!”

55. 18Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away
18Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us!” 19(He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)
20Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, 21but they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify Him!”

56. 18Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away
18Then they all cried out together, “Take this man away! Release Barabbas to us!” 19(He had been thrown into prison for a rebellion that had taken place in the city, and for murder.)
20Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, 21but they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify Him!”

57. 22A third time he said to them, “Why. What has this man done wrong
22A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

58. 22A third time he said to them, “Why. What has this man done wrong
22A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

59. 22A third time he said to them, “Why. What has this man done wrong
22A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

60. 22A third time he said to them, “Why. What has this man done wrong
22A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

61. 23But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices won out. 24So Pilate decided to grant their demand 25and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

62. 23But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices won out. 24So Pilate decided to grant their demand 25and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

63. 23But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices won out. 24So Pilate decided to grant their demand 25and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

64. 23But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices won out. 24So Pilate decided to grant their demand 25and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

65. Digging Deeper!
3. The crowd followed the Jewish leaders in screaming for Jesus to die. How can we withstand the worldly pressure around us toward moral decay and spiritual compromise?

66. Digging Deeper!
4. The Just One died unjustly for the unjust. What does it mean to you that Jesus took your place, paying for your sin, so that you could go free?