After his agony in the Garden of Gisemini, another kind of agony was about to begin for

Jesus who was already exhausted with the weight he had borne.

For the night was finished, he would be betrayed, falsely charged, scorched, spit upon, and

maligned in a trial that was utterly illegal.

Why illegal?

And who is the only mortal unrecorded that Jesus refused to speak to?

We're going to tell you this in just a minute.

Hello, we are Scott and Maureen Proctor of Meridian Magazine at LatterDaySaintMag.com.

And this is the Come Follow Me podcast.

This week we are looking at the trials and crucifixion of Jesus in a lesson called It

Is Finished, which covers Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, and John 19.

Thanks to Paul Cardol for the beautiful music that begins and ends this podcast.

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As Jesus finished the agony of the atonement in the Garden of Gisemini, perhaps

he could already see the string of torchlights coming up the mount, a multitude of arm soldiers

from the high priest led by Judas intent on arresting Jesus.

The Lord set of Judas, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread,

hath lifted up his heel against me.

How heartbreaking to be betrayed by a kiss from a friend.

If ever we have felt betrayed, we can know that Jesus has been there before us.

The Greek text of Matthew 2640 and Mark 1445 clearly indicate that Judas kissed him much,

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