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A Heart Of Incredible Devotion
(Mark 14:1-11)
I invite you to open your Bibles to Mark 14. I do hope that you brought your Bibles, whether paper or electronic, and I do encourage you to take some notes. Notes help to jog your memory during the week when you are facing temptations or a tempting ugly outburst.
The events described in Mark 14 take place on Wednesday before Jesus’ crucifixion. Like an artist, Mark paints a sharp contrast between five extremes—extremes of love, hatred, agitation, rebuke and betrayal.
Let’s pray: … Heavenly Father, we pray that as we turn to the Bible now, that Your Spirit will be our teacher; that you will help us to speak, to hear, to understand, to believe, to obey, in order that we might be in a conforming pattern to the image of your Son, in whose name we pray. Amen.
As we explore vs1-11, I see it unfold like a ‘five act’ drama
Let’s peal back the curtains and take a closer look at each dramatic scene
The first act comes in vs1-2 with capitalized by extreme resentment, anger, and simmering hate, 1Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him; 2for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people.”
This bitterness didn’t just happen overnight.[i] If you remember, back in Mark 3, v6, following Jesus’ healing the man with the withered hand, The Pharisees went out immediately conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. It seems to move to another level in John’s Gospel, chap 11, vs47-54, following the raising of Lazarus from the dead. A specially called council meeting was called and plans were made to kill Jesus. [ii]
This extreme hatred grew out of Jesus’ continually cutting thru their hypocrisy, and showing them to be liars.[iii]
Mark tells us that that it was Passover time, making Jerusalem packed shoulder to shoulder with people. According to Exodus 12, this was a compulsory feast designed to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from Egyptian slavery. Because of the crowds and Jesus’ popularity, the Council determines to arrest Him by stealth to avoid uproar from the people and set off the Roman army. Understand, while the Jews gathered to celebrate their deliverance from Egypt, God was preparing His Son to die on the cross to deliver us from our sins.
Because of the Roman security and fear of a full blown riot, there was a deep sense of secrecy in the council’s communication to one another, a chief characteristic of hate and resentment. Hatred and resentment always move behind the scenes, simmering, until it can’t be controlled any longer.
That’s why we’re told in Ephesians 4:26–27 (NASB95) 26. . . do not let the sun go down on your anger 27(because it) gives Satan an opportunity. Satan loves smoldering resentment. He loves the age we are in. Everyone is easily offended, anger is simmering on high heat, boiling into enragement. Uncontrolled simmering anger is a Satan bear trap.[iv]
On a side note, Jesus tells us Matthew 24:10-13: in the ‘last days’ leading up to His return, many will be (easily) offended, betraying one another, and will hate one another. . . . (and) because lawlessness will abound, the agape love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
It was the simmering anger of the Chief Priests and scribes that Satan used as the backdrop for the crucifixion of Jesus. You’ll want to make a note of this: not only did resentment, anger, and simmering hate closed up the hearts of the leaders against Jesus, we are seeing that regularly playing out in our own today world.
The second act comes in vs3 where a woman enters during the meal with an alabaster of costly perfume. She breaks the alabaster jar and pours the contents over Jesus head. 3While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.[v]
Jesus is, at the home of Simon the Leper in Bethany for a meal.[vi] John tells us that Martha was there, who I believe was catering the meal; brother Lazarus, who Jesus raised from the dead, was there; and of course the disciples, including Judas Iscariot, the Betrayer, who Mark mentions specifically.[vii] At some point in the meal a woman came with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume. John tells us the woman’s name was Mary, that would be Martha’s sister.[viii] And according to John 12:3 (NASB95) this was no small alabaster jar. It contained a pound of very costly perfume.[ix] Coming up behind Jesus, she breaks the seal and pours it over Jesus’ head.
This was no cheap fly-by-night perfume. I took a moment to ask google what the most expensive perfume might be today. I found that the most expensive perfume today is Shumukh which sold at auction for $1.29 million an ounce.[x] For those of you who might be interested there is only one bottle out there on somebodies shelf.
I don’t know if Mary’s perfume was that costly, but it must have been pretty expensive based on the extreme indignation that followed. Essentially Mary was pouring out her life savings on Jesus’ head. She doesn’t do a little dab on the wrist, like ladies do at Victoria Secret, but rather chooses to break the flask and pour it all out; a visual of her complete abandonment. Alistair Begg captures her actions with these words: She was saying, “Whatever hopes, dreams, plans, ambitions, convictions I had, I am bringing them here, and at the risk of being disregarded, being disapproved, of not being socially acceptable, I am going to pour this out on the Lord Jesus Christ.”[xi]
The fact that she brought the jar and broke off the top indicates this was a deliberate thoughtful act. She felt His love for her, and wanted to shower her extravagant love on her Savior. In that moment she showed that she treasured her Lord with all her heart, with all her life, with all her mind, and with all your strength (Mark 12:30).
I pause here to ask; how much do you love the Lord?
Jesus said, “Where your treasure is there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). Like Mary’s, our love of Jesus comes because He first loved us (1 John 4:19). When we see more of His love for us, we will reciprocate by striving to love Him with the kind of extreme extravagant love that Mary showed. That is to Love God with all our hearts, and with all our soul, and with all our strength.[xii] Mark this down, extravagant love is costly
The third act comes in vs4-5, and don’t miss this--The devoted Jesus followers explode with extreme indignation. 4But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted? 5`“For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.[xiii] What unfolds is a dramatic outburst of indignation along the lines of—“Mary, what in the tarnation are you thinking, wasting this expensive perfume.” John tells us that Judas Iscariot lead the outburst with these words[xiv] V5 this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
There was something about this perfume that really upset the men folk, but it seems to have started with with Judas. These Jesus’ Followers missed what had just happened. For them, pouring the perfume over Jesus’ head was a total waste of money. And we learn in John’s Gospel, chap 12, that their outbursts had nothing to do with their feelings for the poor.[xv] What we have here is a room full of religious hypocrites. Don’t miss the phrase, ‘they scolded her.’ All the men folk chimed in, which included brother Lazarus. In a second these devoted followers pounced on Mary like a ‘cat-on-a-rat’. No humility here.
The word translated scolded has the idea of a roar, a storm with anger; these guys were not just indignant, but enraged. [xv] Everywhere she looked, she was met with angry glances, shocked disapproval. These Jesus’ Followers thought Mary’s actions where were far too extravagant. For them it was an wasteful act, a misuse of resources. One commentator points out that . . . When we devote our time, money, pleasure, and affections politics in the pursuit of worldly things, the world gives praise. But when we devote ourselves to Christ, the people around us become indignant, and accuse us of being absolutely nuts!”[xvii].
You know what was wrong with their outburst? They didn’t understand the values that come with being Kingdom of God citizens. Listen carefully. Our values are central to how we live as Kingdom Citizens. Values shape our behavior, our personality, our attitudes, our thoughts, and our decision-making. Values bring focus to our lives, passion to our expressions, and strength to our character.[xviii]
These Jesus Followers jumped all over Mary because she gave up her treasured possession. But don’t miss this . . . while Judas, and the others circled around Jesus for profit and position, Mary was thinking about what she could give to her Lord. Mark this down: it is easy to become indignant when we don’t understand the heart of love for our Savior. What Mary gave was her retirement, her future, her hopes and her dreams. That leads me to ask each of us, how’s your giving lately?
The way we use our possessions has a lot to say about where our treasures are. Jesus said, “Where your treasure is there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). To quote CT Studd: “If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice that I could ever make for him could ever be too great.”[xix]
The way we handle our resources, our finances brings out the Mary and the Judas in us? Which are you? Which am I?
The fourth act comes in vs 6-9, 6But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me. 7“For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me. 8“She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial. 9“Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”
Jesus rebukes His followers by telling them that she has done a beautiful thing, that commitments to Him are worth more than money, more than expensive perfume. 8“She has done what she could; Pouring out the expensive perfume showed the value that Jesus was to her. He told His disciples we should not disregard or depreciate someone else’s loving act of service just because it’s not our style of serving. Sometimes envy, ignorance, or hardness of heart keep us from seeing the value of showing honor and praise to Christ.[xx]
Mary took a sacrificial initiative. She gave freely of her resources. Some of us talk about what we can do or wish we would have, but Mary carried out what she felt led to do in her heart. And in that act, V8, she anointed Jesus’ body beforehand for the burial. She becomes an example of unselfish devotion. Mark this down: We should not disvalue acts of love. And so I must ask each of us
The last act comes in vs10-11 10Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them. 11They were glad when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.
Judas was a sly-old-fox. He was so well disguised that the other disciples never suspected a thing. He is a chilling reminder that just because one is part of the Jesus’ crowd, attending church and reading the Bible doesn’t mean one is a Jesus disciple. There is sadness here, chills of profound wonderment. Judas couldn’t handle Mary’s extravagant demonstration of love. His mind was so wrapped up in himself, he left the meal. He was more concerned with the NOW, with possessions, with the admiration of money. And so he goes off to the Chief Priests and asks, “What will you give me for Him?”
My astonishment with Judas grows out of the fact that he walked and talked with Jesus. He stood shoulder to shoulder with Him. He was an active member of Jesus’ elite group of disciples . . . and yet he betrayed Him.[xxii]. Why? Because his heart had become desensitized from the things of God. John 12:6 tells us that he didn’t care for the poor; he was a thief; the keeper of the disciples’ money bag, and he used to help himself to what was put into it.
Mark this down: be careful of those things that take priority over your heart. They can amount to idolatry. Idolatry desensitizes us spiritually from God, creating a barrier between us and God. Judas’ greed desensitized his heart, closed it up to such a point that he could not connect with Jesus even though he walked with Jesus for at least 3 years. Alistair Begg lays it out for us with these timely words: Judas is a reminder that sin enslaves? That when we don’t deal with sin—when we respond as Judas had been doing all along—there will come a point in our lives where what we should have done, we now can’t do.[xxiii]-
Let me draw this to a close for us along this line:
The context of these opening verses of Mark 14 is the Passover—the celebration of being set free from the slavery of Egypt. At the heart of the Passover was the killing of an innocent lamb, and then sprinkling its blood on the doorframe[xxiv] It is in this context that Jesus makes an extreme statement, I am the Passover Lamb.
And it is in this context that forms that back drop to five extreme emotions. Let me review briefly what we have just seen.
Driven by love for her Lord
Recklessly pouring out valuable essence
Disregarding the scorn
And once it was broken and spilled out
A fragrance filled all the room
Like a prisoner released from his shackles
Like a spirit set free from the tomb
Broken and spilled out
Just for love of you, Jesus
My most precious treasure
Lavished on thee
Broken and spilled out
And poured at your feet
In sweet abandon let me be spilled out
And used up for Thee[xxvi]
Are you willing to let the Lord hold your love captive as Mary? To recklessly pour out your most valuable possessions, to disregard the scorn, to live in sweet abandonment to Him? My closing challenge for each of us as we take communion . . . are you willing to be spilled out and used up this week and always for our Lord?
As we transition to the Lord’s Table, I want us to listen to this song by Steve Green, Broken and Spilled Out.
[i] Mark 2:4–7 (NASB95) 4Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. 5And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?” Matthew 12:14–15 (NASB95) 14But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. 15But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all,, Matthew 26:4 (NASB95)4and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.; Luke 22:2 (NASB95) 2The chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.; John 11:53 (NASB95) 53So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.
[ii] In between there were numerus times when they tried to seizes him, and even stone Him. John 7:30 (NASB95) 30So they were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come., John 7:44 (NASB95) 44Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him. ; John 8:59 (NASB95) 59Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple. ; John 10:31–39 (NASB95) 31The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. 32Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” 33The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.” 34Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in your Law, ‘I SAID, YOU ARE GODS’? 35“If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 36do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37“If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; 38but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.” 39Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.;
[iii] Matthew 12:34 (NASB95) 34“You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. John 8:38–46 (NASB95)38“I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.” 39They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. 40“But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41“You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.” 42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me. 43“Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word. 44“You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45“But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. 46“Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?
[iv] Satan’s Great Tool of Destruction: Unforgiveness-Birthed From an Offended Heart, https://goodnessofgodministries. international/2014/02/23/2260/ Every evil flows out of offense. Offense is a tool of the devil to bring people into captivity. The Greek word for “offense” means a “trap stick: the crooked stick on which a bait is fastened, which, being struck by the animal, springs the trap.” It is a deadly trap that springs suddenly and ensnares us in the trap of the Devil. This is why offense is called the bait of Satan as it gets the heart to fall into the trap of unforgiveness.
[v] Bruce B. Barton, Mark, Life Application Bible Commentary (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1994), 398 An alabaster jar was a beautiful and expensive vase with a long, slender neck carved from translucent gypsum. Ointment of nard was a fragrant ointment imported from the mountains of India. This was pure and genuine ointment, thus very costly. https://rosevinecottagegirls.com/my-alabaster-jar/Alabaster was a stone commonly found in Israel and one of the precious stones used in the decoration of Solomon’s temple. These alabaster boxes or jars would be filled with expensive perfume to keep them pure and unspoiled, and sealed with wax to retain and preserve the scent. Much like an alabaster jar or vile of perfume as mentioned in Mark 14 the perfume would be sealed inside, when the owner wished to use it the seal or neck had to be broken so that it could be used. The particular perfume mentioned in this passage would have cost a year’s wage. Walter W. Wessel, “Mark,” in The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Matthew, Mark, Luke, ed. Frank E. Gaebelein, vol. 8 (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984), 756. The “nard” (perfume) was made from the root of a plant found chiefly in India and was very expensive.
[vi] Bethany is roughly 3 Kilometers from Jerusalem, just under two miles.
[vii] John 12:1–8 (NASB95) 1Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. 3Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Cf., Romans 1:32 (NASB95) 32and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
[viii] Cf., Luke 7:37-39, A. T. Robertson, A Harmony of the Gospels (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2009), Lk 7:36–50. This anointing in Galilee must be distinct from the anointing at Bethany, near Jerusalem, more than a year later. This sinful and penitent woman is represented by a very late tradition as being Mary Magdalene, and hence all the popular uses of the term Magdalen. But that notion has no historical support whatever, and it becomes violently improbable when we find that in the very next paragraph Luke introduces Mary Magdalene as a new figure in the history. Some men even identify Mary of Bethany with this woman that was a sinner and also with Mary Magdalen, a medley of medieval mysticism. Matt. 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; and John 12:2-8. The contrast being made is between these accounts and the one in Galilee, not the one in Bethany recorded in the other three gospels. The anointing has nothing in common with that given by Luke, except the fact of a woman anointing the Saviour’s feet, and the name Simon, which was common. The former was in Galilee, this is at Bethany near Jerusalem. There the host despised the woman who anointed, here her brother is one of the guests, and her sister an active attendant. There the woman was “a sinner,” a notoriously bad woman, here it is the devout Mary who “sat at the Lord’s feet and heard his word” months before. There the host thought it strange that Jesus allowed her to touch him, here the disciples complain of waste. There the Saviour gave assurance of forgiveness, here of perpetual and world-wide honor. Especially notice that here the woman who anoints is anticipating his speedy death and burial, of which at the former time he had never distinctly spoken. In view of all these differences it is absurd to represent the two anointings as the same, and outrageous on such slender ground to cast reproach on Mary of Bethany.
[ix] John 12:3, Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
[x] https://wealthygorilla.com/most-expensive-perfumes/ Shumukh comes with scents like Indian agarwood, sandalwood, musk, Turisk rose, and many other ingredients like no other perfume on the market. This perfume’s fragrance lasts for more than 12 hours once you apply it to your skin. If you use it on the fabric, it can last up to 20 days, which is unbelievable. The fun fact is that there is only one bottle out there, making it one of the rarest and exceptional perfumes, which will add more to its value in the next upcoming years.
[xi] Alistair Begg, A Woman With A Jar (Mark 14:1-11), https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/woman-jar/
[xii] Colin Smith, Love God With All Your Heart (Deuteronomy 6:4-5), Bishop Ryle tells a story about an Englishman traveling in America. [3] He meets an Indian who talks with great enthusiasm about Jesus Christ: The Englishmen is rather reserved, as they tend to be, and he says to his new friend, “You are always talking about Jesus Christ. Why do you make such a big deal of Him?” The Indian knelt down and gathered some leaves, some twigs and some moss, and placed them in a circle on the ground. He picked up a live worm and put it in the middle of the circle. Then he lit the leaves. As the flames rose, the worm began to move, but every way it moved, it got nearer to the flame, and so after a few moments, the worm curled up in the middle and prepared to die. The Indian reached his hand into the flame, picked up the worm, and held it next to his heart. Then he said, “I was the worm—helpless, hopeless and on the brink of an eternal fire. Jesus Christ stretched out His hand. He saved me from the fire, and took me into the heart of his love. That is why I make much of Him.”
[xiii] Matthew 26:6–13 (NASB95) 6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper, 7a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. 8But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “Why this waste? 9“For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.” 10But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me. 11“For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. 12“For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. 13“Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”, John 12:1–8 (NASB95) 1Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
2So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
3Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said, 5“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”
6Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it. 7Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial. 8“For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.” Robertson’s Harmony of the Gospels
[xiv] John 12:4–5 (NASB95) 4But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, said, 5“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”
[xv] John 12:6(NASB95).he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.
[xvi] Spiros Zodhiates, The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2000). 1690. ἐμβριμάομαι embrimáomai; contracted embrimṓmai, fut. embrimḗsomai, from en (1722), in or on account of, and brimáomai (n.f.), to roar, storm with anger. In the mid., used as a deponent verb, to be enraged, indignant, to express indignation against someone. Followed by the dat., to murmur against, blame (Mark 14:5), and by implication to admonish sternly, charge strictly, threaten indignantly for disobedience (Matt. 9:30; Mark 1:43; Is. 17:13). Also spoken of any agitation of the mind as grief, to be greatly moved or agitated, followed by the dat. of manner (John 11:33, 38, syn. with tarássō or taráttō [5015], to trouble).
[xvii] J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (New York, 1858), 298–99.
[xviii] Cf., https://thirdbliss.com/the-importance-of-values/
[xix] Norman Grubb, C. T. Studd: Athlete and Pioneer (1933; repr., Harrisburg, PA: Evangelical Press, 1943), 91. Paraphrased.
[xx] Bruce B. Barton, Mark, Life Application Bible Commentary (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1994), 402.
[xxi] 1 Timothy 3:3 (NASB95) 3not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. 1 Timothy 6:10 (NASB95) For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
[xxii] John 6:70–71 (NASB95) 70Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?” 71Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him. John 13:2 (NASB95) 2During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,
[xxiii] Alistar Begg, Deep-Seated Corruption (Westmont), Mark 14:10, https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/deep-seated-corruption-westmont/#[6]
[xxiv] Exodus 12:7 (NASB95) 7‘Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
[xxv] Deuteronomy 11:10-28; 28:20-45
[xxvi] Steven Green, Broken and Spilled Out, https://genius.com/Steve-green-broken-and-spilled-out-lyrics