Matthew 27 Pt. 2 – How Judas Ended His Life!
Matthew was the only Gospel writer to record the account of what happened to Judas and how he ended his life. But Matthew gives us some very interesting insights into how the Scriptures were fulfilled...
Matthew 27 Pt.1 – Betrayed by His own people and Delivered to the Gentiles!
We see from the beginning of Matthew 27 what looks like a recapping of what Matthew has already told us in Matthew 26. But NT writers were not ones to waste paper or papyrus and...
Matthew 26 Pt.12 – Peter’s Denials Of Jesus!
In this week’s episode of Matthew’s Gospel, we look more deeply into the denials of Peter. Was it just a matter of a momentary failure to share his faith, or was Peter pretty much guilty...
Matt. 26 Pt.11- Jesus On Trial Before The Jews (Pt.2)
The religious leaders realised that they couldn’t depend on the false and conflicting testimonies of those who claimed that Jesus said that He would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days. And besides,...
Matthew 26 Part 10 – Jesus On Trial Before The Jews (Pt.1)
Matthew has condensed his account of Jesus’ “Trial” before the Jewish leadership, leaving us the impression that all was carried out before Caiaphas, whereas in reality Jesus was first taken to Annas, the father-in-law of...
Matthew 26 Pt.9 The Arrest of Jesus!
Today was Mother’s Day, so we had one of our sisters in Christ share some words of encouragement to us concerning motherhood! This was followed by more of Matthew’s Gospel, as we looked at the...
Matthew 26 Pt..8 – Gethsemane!
What happened in the Garden of Gethsemane? We see the two natures of Jesus compared: His full humanity, and His full deity! On the one hand Jesus KNEW what would befall Him over the next...
Matthew 26 Pt.7 Falling Away and Denying Christ!
When Jesus and His disciples had finished their Passover Meal, in which Jesus gave new meaning to the bread and the wine, telling the disciples that what they were partaking in was The New Covenant, they then...
Matthew 26 Pt.6 The Institution of The New Covenant!
It was whilst going through The Passover meal on Thursday, the night before Jesus would be crucified, with His disciples, that Jesus stopped at certain intervals to make a comment. These stops seem to coincide...
Matthew 26 Pt.5 – “One of You!”
It would come as a big surprise to 11 of Jesus disciples, and one who would act shocked, to hear Jesus say that one of them at the Last Supper, would betray Jesus, the Son...