Hey everybody, I'm Tim McEy and this is my podcast Exploring My Strange Bible.

I am a card carrying Bible history and language nerd who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth is

utterly amazing and worth following with everything that you have.

On this podcast I'm putting together the last ten years worth of lectures and sermons

where I've been exploring the strange and wonderful story of the Bible and how it invites

us into the mission of Jesus and the journey of faith.

And I hope this can be helpful for you too.

I also help start this thing called the Bible Project.

We make animated videos and podcasts about all kinds of topics in Bible and theology.

You can find those resources at thebibelproject.com.

With all that said, let's dive into the episode for this week.

Alright, well in this episode we are going to continue exploring the gospel according

to Matthew.

We are in the final moments of Jesus' story.

We're going to focus in on some moments in his trial before Pilate, but also the story

that's in Matthew about Judas after his betrayal of Jesus experiences extreme remorse and

ends up committing suicide.

These are grim stories.

They're not cheerful, but they are really profound insights into the human condition.

In Judas about how he became trapped in this black hole of his own terrible decisions

and how these destroyed him.

It's a very somber and sobering portrait of the human condition that we stand a lot

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