Hey my friends it's Matt this is the 10 minute Bible hour podcast we're in Matthew

chapter 26 verse 57 it goes like this those who had arrested Jesus took him to

kayafis baa baa baa the high priest where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled.

Kaiaphas is the big dog. He's the kingpin. He's the one who was always the big boss at the

end of the level who Jesus was gonna have to face. Jesus is being held out as the mediator between God and man.

Caiaphus, he holds himself out as the mediator between God and man.

It's a showdown.

These two had to end up in the same room. They're about to end up in the same room, but we're in the middle of a little

deep dive into what we know about Cayefus so that we can appreciate the gravity of the moment,

more like the original audience was able to so we're going to

pick it up where we left off last time around and go from there.

Even though Caiaphas isn't on screen until the very end of Matthew, everybody knows

that he is the big power, the kingpin, he is the head, the champion, the big boss of all of the people

who are opposing Jesus. All of the people are presented as being the bad guys, they all

answer to him. He's in charge of the Cabal and so the moment where his name

actually gets mentioned it doesn't have the same punch for you and me that it would

have had for the original audience it's's like if you go to one of those

Marvel movies, remember when those used to be fun? My goodness, it feels like, it feels like work.

Like, all right,, hell I'm obligated.

We go to these, I go to these Marvel movies.

I gotta find out what happens next or I won't be able to keep track.

Okay, let's do it. It used to be fun. It's not so much fun anymore. But you go to the Marvel movies with somebody who reads the comic books and everything and somebody walks

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