Day 5: The Bag of Silver — Betrayed for a Price

Tiny Theologians

Brad Wygle

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🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

TJ and Tory walk through a sad but important part of the Easter story—the betrayal of Jesus.

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0:00.0	Hey Tiny Theologians, T.J. here.
0:12.5	And I'm Tori.
0:13.8	Welcome to another day in our Easter countdown.
0:17.0	Before we jump in, look at your banner and find today's symbol.
0:20.8	It looked like a little bag of coins.
0:24.2	Got it?
0:26.5	Now grab your matching card and get ready to read the next part of the story.
0:32.4	Found it?
0:33.7	Got it?
0:35.2	Great.
0:36.6	Today's scripture is Matthew 26, 14 through 16.
0:42.5	It's kind of a hard part of the Easter story.
0:46.1	It's about a man named Judas, one of Jesus' closest friends, who chose to betray him for money.
0:54.1	Here's what the Bible says.
0:57.1	Then one of the 12, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priest and asked,
1:04.1	what are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?
1:08.4	So they counted out for him 30 pieces of silver. From then on, Judas watched for an
1:16.0	opportunity to hand him over. Whoa, that's so sad. Judas was supposed to be Jesus' friend.
1:23.6	Yeah, and Jesus knew Judas was going to betray him. But he didn't stop it because he was choosing the path of the cross.
1:31.3	Here's how today's card talks about it.
1:34.3	Jesus was betrayed for 30 pieces of silver.
1:38.3	This shows how willingly Jesus entered suffering.
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