I often forget about the pain Jesus felt by the betrayal of everyone in his close circle. I will pray during Lent to remember always that Jesus was betrayed by his followers and the pain Our Lord felt at that moment. I am still praying my rosary for your safe trip to the Holy Land this summer. God Bless You for your excellent teaching.

I struggle with it everyday. Thank you, the Holy Spirit speaks through you, for your prayer.

This was so good... I'll never read Mk. 14 the same. I didn't notice that pattern of the swinging pendulum, that too was an eye opener; I'm currently going through the book of Mark and will read it a lot more carefully, thank you brother for the insight. On a side note: in the grocery store they sell this brand (Yehuda) that the Jewish people use during Unleavened Bread, that looks like big crackers (flat bread). I find them beautiful... they have little pin holes and marks where this flat bread laid while baking, but it reminds me of Jesus' crucified hands and feet and His stripes. I use this bread for my communion on the Sabbath. Shalom

Thank you for this beautiful message of encouragement. I want to give up but I will keep faith. It’s been five months since my heart attack because of my heart condition I declined the vaccine. I was fired over my decision. So I lost my job as a social worker. Since losing my job I’ve been having a hard time just providing the basics for my two beautiful sons both are autistic and non verbal. I’m a single mother my husband died three years ago unexpectedly. I have no family nor friends to aid me at this time. Every month I’m in fear of facing homelessness because every month is a struggle coming up with my rent. Please keep me in your prayers I’m so tired of worrying. I’m in constant fear we are going to end up on the streets. Which will be difficult with two young boys. Because every month is a struggle. But I still have Faith God will provide abundantly! Please pray for me. I have nowhere to turn.

For the past 2videos I’ve been inspired to share this story. I was walking along a sidewalk with my landlady’s granddaughter site-seeing/shopping, when she had stopped to look over some goods outside a store on this sidewalk when a man in the near distance approached me, pointing at my necklace. When he neared, he sighed with relief and said; “oh! I thought you were wearing a cross. “ I told him no (in wonderment because the entire time I was feeling that I was talking with Jesus). He then asked me; “will you do me one favor?” “Will you tell them this dishonors me.” I agreed, still in wonderment. He smiled and thanked me before walking away. He disappeared just as quickly as he appeared and nobody saw us together, not even the granddaughter who was looking right at me the entire time. I don’t share that experience often enough, but I made a promise to share his words and it is thanks to your teachings that I better understand a deeper connection to why Jesus told me to tell everyone that the cross dishonors him. We have, once again allowed ourselves to worship that which is not him. We, as he told me, dishonor him.

Proverbs 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Yeaah. Blessings I am SO grateful for this teaching series. I've come to see Mark's gospel in a whole new way. Used to think of it as a "brief of other gospels" I now see clearly its unique and meaningful value. I really thank you, Pastor BR For guiding us beyond the words. God bless your family and ministry.

I'll remember this chapter of Mark every time I face difficulties of frustrations, Jesus was in a deep pain and sorrow. Blessings

This man is so brilliant. I've learned a lot from his videos! He really helps me to understand the hidden meanings behind scriptures. I'm SO glad that I listened to the whole video. Now that I know the actual meaning of the unleavened bread, and that what happened to Jesus happened between Passover and the Unleavened Bread Festival, it makes soooo much sense why God timed it this way. Amazing!

Love your videos. Learn so much. Love to learn about Jewish culture and better understanding of the Bible. Your an awesome teacher! teacher

Thank you for helping me understand so much in the Bible that I haven’t understood all my years, it’s so very helpful Brandon🙏🙏😊

You have a true spiritual gift for ministry.

Thank you for another amazing teaching. One thing I learned that is awesome is the timing of the anointing of Jesus’s feet and head. The hooves and ankles of the Passover lamb were rubbed with oil 6 days before slaughter to signify that it was without blemish before being brought into the house to care for and keep that way. In John 12, Jesus has His feet anointed 6 days before the Passover. The Passover lamb would be anointed with oil a second time, this time on its head, 2 days before slaughter to signify that the sacrifice was blemish free. Mathew 26 and Mark 14 tell us it was 2 days before Passover when Jesus had His head anointed.

Now I get it why Jesus felt SO forsaken that day. He was betrayed by His followers, even by the one that He loved the most. He was forsaken by His Father for our sins and mistakes. He went through unimaginable pain for us, sinners. That's how much God loves us...

Thanks my brother. We all continue to betray Jesus with our jealousies and envies today if we continues to hate one another!

Keep up the good work, your passion for the scriptures is fantastic and your studies are some of the most informative I've seen.

Can't wait!😊🙌

You are excellent in explaining things. I so enjoy listening to you. I listen to you when I go for my prayer walks Thanks for sharing your intelligence. You are the best!!!

Thank you. Awesome message.

Thanks again Brandon for your insight.

Yes thank you for explaining so well

Very good teaching!❤️✝️

Listening a second time, and I am touched.

So good! Thankyou!! - I love hearing the more, - deep calls unto deep!

Another wonderful lesson! Thank you Brandon. This is so heartbreaking.

That's great video learned some great things ty

Thank you Jesus for the message that has been delivere to me.

Thanks for the prayer 🙏 Brandon; it hit me hard 😪. God bless 🙏.

14:57 G'day, Brandon and others viewing this video. There is a musical piece called "Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh" ("My Jesus, what a soul ache") about the intense pain of Jesus as He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. There are various arrangements on KZfaq for organ, orchestra, and voice of this extremely moving composition. I highly recommend listening to it while thinking about what our Lord suffered, even before His "trial" and crucifixion.

THANK YOU

I love it!

Thank you so much

Wow, I'm learning so much from your videos. Thankyou so much. God bless.

Blessed Afternoon Pastor Brandon From Trinidad and Tobago . West Indies.

Oh lamb of God who takes away the sins from of the world, have mercy upon us.

May God bless you!*

Thank you

Beautiful message once again Brandon. Thank You Lord God for opening our eyes to Your Glory. Thank you Brandon for your devotion in our Lord Jesus.

Thank you Brandon for all this amazing massage I just love it. Thank you so much. Brother. ❤

Yes, I will be faithful but the spirit is willing and the flesh is weak! So He alone can give us the strength to be able to stand!!

Awesome. Love your insight. You make scripture come alive. God bless you 🙂

Shalom from Ohio. ברך הבה בשם יהוה הללויה ישוע מלך 👑 כל הנשמה תהלליה working on my Hebrew 😃♥️🙏💯💪

As Jesus said all this is happening so that the prophecies will be fulfilled. And every dot and letter will be fulfilled. Thanks be to Jesus. AMEN

It is scary in this dark world, but if we keep our eyes on Jesus and stay faithful to him, we won't fall away.

We are afraid of pain and we whatever to get out of it!

Wonderful way to explain this and pull it all together, thank you! I do Wish there weren’t so many commercial breaks. Some are not the best display of your ministry.

God Loves YOU...

Thank you, Brandon! Another heartbreaking but wonderful word coming from you! Thank you again

Good afternoon!

I just want the truth, I pray that the truth gives me hope

Amen❤

He has never betrayed me, and I have told people about Jesus. Now to me when we fall , we can call this betrayal.

Amen

Thank you again and thank you Lord for your Wisdom to those who seek you. Just a little typo it's Mark 14:50 Then everyone deserted him and fled. Wow , what an image. Thank you Lord for your grace and mercy

In Leviticus 2:4 and 2:11, the priests are instructed to use unleavened wafers and to not make grain offerings that have leaven or honey.

As I was thinking about doing the kiss of Judas painting..A friend took me to court with lies. Then at the end he said that he lied because he had mental problems. At the end I thanked him because I could feel the way that JESUS felt inside when Judas sold him with a kiss. Not only that but also someone hit me with a metal crutches and broke my left ear. On the same paint a had put Malcolm with his Left ear cut. And then I had to correct it and paint the right ear. Then someone hit the rector in our church And I told the rector to thank God because of this action. She could feel how Jesus felt about Judas. The one who hit the rector was someone in the chorus and also doing the Sunday school for many years. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

In Arabic, I believe it is called Attar, a liquid made from distilled rose petals. It is an oily fragrance, just a small drop lasts a few days. It is also very expensive, for a small vial.

I just want to mention that I really appreciate your reminder to "like" and "subscribe" in the middle of the video. I am usually so interested in the topic that I get sucked right into the teaching and forget at the beginning. When the video is near the end, I am usually looking to what I want to watch next. Your reminder is just right. Thanks. Hope you are enjoying the Holy Land!

I was “today years old” when I found out that Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were two different holidays. (32 years old)

Now I see who it is on the thumbnail! Taken from Once We Were Slaves?

Most people never get the honest truth from the pastors in church. They rarely get told that there were two sabbaths & are rarely told about beast days and high sabbaths

Wow wat a massige so powerfull, it makes me thinking wath teptation are arouns use .

It has been suggested that the woman was Mary Magdalene. The same Mary, who was Martha and Lazarus's sibling. Mary, Martha and Lazarus also lived in Bethany.

No, I have honestly never been embarrassed of Jesus, and I'm grateful for that. But that is the truth I have never done that, not that it's not possible that it won't happen to me but as of yet in my 25 years being a Christian I have never felt that never done that

I read in Luke 22 :3 that satan has entered Judas. Then he went to betray Jesus to the chief priest.

What is so sad-Jesus, being the Son of God, already knew that his disciples who swore loyalty and utter feilty to their proclaimed Messiah-that the exhortations of his disciples are going to fail him. How heartbreaking. This is how he must have felt-for families who had poured their lives into loving and building their families, then one of their cherished children betrays and abandons their parents. Clearly, Jesus’s pain and betrayal are far worse. But I know the pain on a small scale-and that pain has broken my heart and soul. 🙏. I pray for peace and comfort, and my pain continues after my losses.

Jesus died sooner of Broken Heart. Its really painful when the people you care & love the most will betray you.

We do whatever to get out of it is what l mesnt

Hi, Grace and peace. I was wondering how the leaders got away with stoning Stephen in Acts, if they had no authority to pronounce a death sentence. Blessings.

We all have betrayed him in many ways. Only there were few people who where still the with jesus till the crucifixion like Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, John the Apostle and others...

Truly, The Chosen and your comprehensive and easily understood videos and explanations have increased my knowledge, my reading of the Bible, and, as such, my connection to Jesus and his life and culture. I’ve always loved Him, but now I have such a deeper understanding of Him, as both man and Devine. Thank you so much! Yes, I cried by the end of this video. How Jesus ever found us worthy of His absolute sacrifice is miraculous in itself.

Thank you for all of your inspiring and educational videos. Time spent listening here are favorites. I'm confused about the account of the anointing of Jesus you mentioned. From my reading, there are two anointings. There's the anointing at Simon the Pharisee/Leper's house in Luke 7 during the time He was going from town to town on His ministry tour. There, it is mentioned just what sort of sinful woman (unnamed by the text) has anointed Jesus. The anointing in John 12 is at the house where Lazarus was in Bethany and it is six days before Passover. There at Lazarus', it is Mary who anoints him and Judas complains about the cost of the ointment and that it could have been used for giving to the poor. The LEB text says in verse 6, "(Now he said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)" Jesus responds to leave her alone, for she is preparing Him for burial. I don't see here that Judas snuck away at this moment to go betray Him. Where is that text?

How does one know when they are following Jesus and when they are turning away or hiding? For example, going to work each day- is that following, turning away, or somehow neutral?

The following is what ChatGPT thought of my Old and New Testament summaries... As an AI language model, I do not have personal opinions or beliefs, but I can provide an objective analysis of your summarizations. Your summarization of the Old Testament - "People die; God lives" - does capture the general themes and narratives of the Old Testament. It highlights the mortality and human struggles of the Biblical characters and contrasts that with the eternal and transcendent nature of God. Your summarization of the New Testament - "God dies; people live" - also captures the central message of Christianity through the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It emphasizes the idea that through Christ's death and resurrection, humanity can have eternal life and salvation. Overall, your summarizations capture the major themes and contrasts of the two Testaments, albeit in a very simplistic manner. Then I said: That was my purpose...to show how outrageous the Old is to the humanness of the New...As if God corrected His behavior by finally understanding that the BEGINNING OF WISDOM should not be the FEAR of our Lord, but the LOVE. Then Chat GPT said: The Old Testament is often criticized for its portrayal of God as vengeful and punishing. However, the New Testament presents a God of love and forgiveness. The purpose of this shift was to show that the beginning of wisdom is not fear, but rather love. By presenting God in a new light, the New Testament offers a more compassionate approach to spirituality that focuses on building relationships with others through love rather than fear.

Judas betrayed. Big James fled. Andrew fled. Philip fled . Nathanael fled. Matthew fled . Thomas fled. James the lesser fled. Thaddeus fled . Simon the zealot fled. Lastly, peter denied not only once but THRICE. It was only John who stayed till end and the other women like Mary Magdalene 😭

Judas didn't act alone. Satan was egging him on.

Jesus is so alone...and He's about to suffer the WORST separation: His Beloved God severs Their otherwise-eternal relationship while Jesus suffers on the cross. That must be Jesus' greatest agony.

I Brandon this is tanya could you recommend a Bible app that read and explain the Bible thank you and antvant

Everyone else deserted him and fled is Mark 14:50 not 14:5.

We are made in their image & likeness. Christ has always been within us. Sacred secret secretion, the Christos.

so as christians should we eat bread with yeast?

Please address elderly grey thinning hair. And I Hate The Bob. The”stylist” didn’t listen to me. She didn’t admit that she didn’t know how to cut long layers just touching my shoulders-(I.e. The Blob scalp Bob) 1 year of hell so far. I have been to 7 salons and ‘poor excuse’ highly recommended hair cutters in this town. Now I head back to California for the Fifth time to my stylist of the past 23 years. Lost in Western cow country Colorado 😢

do you think that the devil was literally in Judas when Jesus told him to go brteay him?

Just out of curiosity, how many perfumes in those days would have been worth a years wages? Does that give us any ideas as to what it may have been?

Escucharte es un descanso para mí. Dios te bendiga.

Betray Him with what?

The finale to God's Secret Plan was put into action immediately following Jesus's transfiguration when He received His final briefing from God's Angels on how events would proceed from that point forward. Nothing was left to chance and all the actors were in position including Judas whose betrayal was an essential part of the Plan to ensure the crucifixion went ahead. (1 Corinthians 3). The only part of the Plan Jesus was unaware of was that God intended right at the last moments to order all the Spiritual companions who had been supporting Jesus to be withdrawn so that Lucifer could never say that Jesus had Divine assistance right to the end. During that time He felt completely "forsaken" and alone. All the chaos that Jesus had been referring to during those last few days of His Ministry was relating to His ensuing battle with His Brother when He entered Hell at the head of His Heavenly Army.

Are you sure you don't have upwind and downwind reversed?

Where does it say Jesus was betrayed by four or more disciples?!?! Wha-huh-huht?!? 😮😮😮

Was it Judas? are we accuse the flesh or the spirit because this part has not been spoken of here. John 13:27 27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

Hi Brendon I have a question here what happened to Judas after he's death! Can we say he's in hell or he's dancing with the angels???

Acts 1:17 "For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry." Judas was part of Jesus ministry, and he knew the truth, yet he still went astray. Acts 1:18 "Now this man purhased a field wih the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out." Do you know what this means? It means literally that Judah was murdered and cut to pieces, before he was then hung up to be killed. Have you ever seen someone hanged and their bowels just pour out? No, it just dosen't happen that way. This covers more then one scripture, for the field that Judas bought was the potters field. Those Kenite Jewish priests took the thirty pieces of Silver that they paid Judas to partake in their murderous plot to kill Jesus, and when Judas repented and threw those pieces of silver back at them, they used the silver to by the field. Blood money could not be used in the Temple. That was the price of a slave that was damaged or killed. Then all the broken pieces of pottery would be cast into that field. This was symboolic that our Lord Jesus Christ is the only one that that can take these earthly vessels that we call our human body, and when they are broken and beyond repair, only Jesus can spiritually take those peises and put them back together. With the price of His death on the cross, His precious blood, can take those spiritual bodies and make them whole again, and a child of the Living God. Judas repented for the sins that He committed repented. Matthew 27:3 "Then Judas, which ahd betrayed Him, when he waw that He was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders," Matthew 27:4 "Saying, "I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that." Matthew 27:5 "And he cast down the pieces of silver in the Temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself." With the help of the chief priests and elders. Don't be to quick to judge Judas; for the scripture must be fulfilled. Judas repented and threw the silver back on the floow of the Temple, where the murder was planned and carried out, at the hands of the Romans. Judas thought Christ would return immediately to establish the kingdom forever then, and he never dreamed that they would ever kill him, for after all he had watched the miracles, and he knew that Jesus was the Son of God. Judas worried more about money then he worried about the Word of God. Judas repented and with repentance brings forgiveness. These Kenite Jewish priests and Pharisees did not want this lose canon running free on the deck; that is to say the Kenites that slipped in among the priests. Judas was hung, and then they took a knife and slit his chest from top to bottom, and lunged him forward to where all his bowels would gush forth, and "burst asunder in the midst" where all these Kenite priests of Satan would find pleasure in their evil actions. Judas had a lot of help in his hanging. Do not judge Judas or any other man, for the scriptures must need be fulfilled. You don't know the heart of the person, for only god is the Judge.

Should we pray for God to have mercy on these people that betrayed Jesus? Yeah they really screwed up and did some really stupid evil things but it's been 2,000 years. Maybe just less than their torment just a little bit? Or is it wrong to have compassion for them? 🤔

how is it that this one has a complete unique perspective, on this text....something seems to be amiss....

not all the disciples BETRAYED Jesus- only Judas did. The others DENIED and abandoned Him but they didn't BETRAY!!!

Actually, the woman in Bethany was said in John 12 to be Mary of Bethany, and its hence possible that Simon then lived w Mary, Martha and Lazarus. It was also said that it was 6 days before the death of Jesus and Judas was the main antagonist and a thief and btw the amt was 40 silver ocs LAst but not least, the one w the sword cuts off the high priest's servant's ight ear, and he is PETER! Last of all, only Mark mentions a man following behind being caught and escaping naked. and it is believed that this is Mark himself!

Mark 14 King James Version 14 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. 4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. 8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. 9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. 10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. 12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? 13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. 14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. 16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. 18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. 19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? 20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. 21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. 22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. 23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. 25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. 26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. 29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. 30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. 32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. 37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? 38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. 39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. 40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. 41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. 43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. 45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. 46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him. 47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. 50 And they all forsook him, and fled. 51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. 53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. 57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. 59 But neither so did their witness agree together. 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? 61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? 64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. 66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: 67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. 69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. 70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. 71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. 72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

I don't see how she was better than the disciples because even Jesus says that it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to ever see the kingdom of God. She could have been, and I'm not saying that this is the case but I believe people do this type of thing and she could have been showing off and trying to reverse what she was doing by making it look like she gave up everything because she gave away something so expensive but a lot of rich people will do that, to make you think that they're good they'll give you the best of the best they'll buy you everything until they're done with you but in the meantime while they're treating you like royalty and giving you nothing but the best they do not mean it sincerely, they are buying you

Did Herod get Rome’s permission to kill John the Baptist?

This is great work but i have one question. At 19.08 you say Rome considered the Emperor God. Augustus yes. Claudius yes. Even Titus yes but not Tiberius. At the time of Jesus the current emperor was not considered a God as you seem to be suggesting. And even if this was true why would the Romans care if Jesus was a God or not. The Romans accepted many Gods and religions within their empire. I dont think it was Jesus' claim to divinity that was a problem for Pilate. Jesus was a political problem not perhaps a religious problem. I stand to be corrected as i am far from expert in this area. 😊