Question 225: Was the pain the Saviour suffered on Calvary, physical or mental?
Answer:
Pain is a difficult thing to measure. The sorrow of Yeshua will always be one of the awe-inspiring, baffling events of the world story. It is impossible to read the Bible deeply, particularly after one has become personally acquainted with Yeshua and observed the amazing power that the facts of His suffering and death possess over human souls, without realizing that there must have been far deeper anguish than can be accounted for by the mere facts of His humiliation, rejection, torture and death. If we consider the merely physical pain, we must acknowledge that others have apparently borne as much, though we must also acknowledge that there are almost infinite degrees of susceptibility to pain. A wound which will cause little pain to a man of a certain temperament and organization may be excruciating to one of finer and more acute sensitiveness. But the real agony of Yeshua must have been different from either physical or mental. There is a sane note, a moral note in His suffering that puts it altogether beyond our comprehension. Matthew, Mark and Luke all record the fact that as He died, He cried out with a loud voice. That seems strange from what we know of the dauntless courage of Yeshua. Some immeasurable, inconceivable suffering must lie back of that cry. So also, His appeal in the garden for deliverance at the last hour. There must have been an infinite anguish ahead to compel Him to ask for another way. We get the clearest hint in the grievous prayer from the cross: "My YHVH, My YHVH, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" There must have been some definite, conscious, agonizing break in the eternal love which had bound the Father and the Son together. Perhaps there was deeper truth than the ancient formulators of the creed knew in those strange words: "He descended into hell." No - of all the grief in the world that of Yeshua while He was on the cross and while His body lay in the grave, is unique. Its depth, its duration, none can know. They counted the hours He spent on the cross and the hours in the grave. But what eternities of spirit anguish He underwent we may never know. But, praise YHVH! They were enough to shock every penitent soul that hears of it into a new life, a life in which sin is hated and righteousness loved, a life of which the crucified and risen Saviour is the eternal Light and the never-failing hope and joy.
Question 224: Who was the “certain young man” of Mark 14:51?
Answer:
There has been much speculation as to who this young man was. It has been suggested by some commentators, perhaps rightly that inasmuch as he is mentioned only by Mark, he was Mark, the evangelist; himself. Mark's family was prominently connected with incidents of Elohiym's last days and following the resurrection. Thus the "upper room" where the Last Supper was eaten and which later witnessed the descent of Ruach HaKodesh was in the ownership of that family and Mark's mother was the sister of Barnabas, a wealthy Levite of Cypress.
Question 223: How did the sleeping disciples know what Word did Yeshua uttered in the garden?
Answer:
One of the functions of Ruach HaKodesh was to bring all things to the remembrance or knowledge of the Apostles. Though the Evangelists record most fully the events they witnessed, they record other matters of which they could have had no knowledge except by revelation. This may have been one of them. But it is not stated that they slept all the time they were with Moshiach in the Garden. The account rather implies men struggling to keep awake. Moshiach said of them that their spirit was willing. They may have heard the few words they record, though missing the remainder of what may have been and probably was, a long prayer.
Question 222: What was the value of the thirty pieces of silver that Judas received?
Answer:
The pieces of silver were probably shekels. It would be about the average pay for four months of work. Zechariah had predicted the whole transaction (see Zechariah 2:12, 13): "They weighed for My price thirty pieces of silver and Elohiym said cast it unto the potter," etc. It is not likely that Judas acted from avarice only, though he was fond of money. He probably meant to force Moshiach's hand. He may have thought him backward in claiming the Kingdom and supposed that if He was driven to bay, He would deliver Himself by a miracle and declare Himself King. That theory is confirmed by his committing suicide when he discovered the consequences of his act.
Frequently asked questions and answers:
Question 221: Was Judas at the institution of Elohiym’s Supper?
Answer:
It is doubtful whether Judas was present at the institution of Elohiym's Supper. He was present at the foot-washing and at the early part of the feast, but he could not remain after Moshiach spoke of His imminent betrayal and showed His knowledge of the identity of the guilty man. Then Judas went out, but we do not know whether the breaking of the bread and the blessing of the cup had already taken place: from Luke's narrative it would appear that they had; Matthew and Mark however, mention the ceremony after the conversation about the betrayal, which would imply that Judas was not present at the ceremony. The Evangelists were concerned more about the spiritual significance of the events of that agitating night than about presenting those events in consecutive order.
Thought for Today: Tuesday January 28
I have asked myself hundreds of times why YHVH sometimes allows evil to flourish – and I do not have an answer. Evil is real however, and we all ignore it at our peril. Evil is so real that it cost YHVH’s Son Yeshua His life! But I do know this: Even in the darkest hours, YHVH is our refuge and strength. Not money, military might, not diplomacy or whatever – only YHVH!
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