When they came to arrest Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, there was a huge number of soldiers, priests and other officials that came to do so.  Why were so many needed to confront Jesus and his small band of disciples?  When the crowd arrived, they were led by Judas who betrayed Jesus with a kiss.  Why a kiss?  We discuss these things and more during this episode.

Jesus was tested in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night of His arrest, in many ways that were similar to the ways in which Eve was tested in the Garden of Eden.  Why?  Because Satan did not want Jesus to go to the cross.

The gospel writers focus on Jesus' prayers when they recount His Garden of Gethsemane experience on the night He was arrested.  Jesus asked three times during His prayers that God take away "this cup" if it were possible.  What was that cup?  Was it possible for God to it away?  We discuss these questions and more during this episode.

It is impossible for us to understand the full extent of Jesus' sorrow and grief in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night He was betrayed.  The One without sin was about to die for the sin of the whole world, past, present, and future.  Jesus came to pray and asked three of His disciples to share in those prayers.  Why did Jesus choose those three, in particular?  What would have happened differently if they had not failed in what Jesus asked them to do that night?

When we talk about Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, we need to consider the place itself.  The garden was located on the Mt. of Olives on the eastern side of Jerusalem.  The Mt. of Olives also played a critical role in the life of King David. Actually David's experience there can be compared to Jesus' own in many ways.

As we move into "phase two" of Peter's denial of Jesus, we look not only at the act itself, but the aftermath.  What were the consequences for Peter?  Did he learn a lesson from it?  If so, did he learn?

All the disciples "fell away" once Jesus was arrested, but Peter "disowned" Him.  What's the difference?  Peter illustrates how our strength can actually be weakness if we rely on ourselves too much.

CSI Jerusalem investigates the cause of death for one Judas Iscariot.  What, exactly, was his cause of death?  And what, in the final analysis, made him do what he did?

Judas came to the Garden of Gethsemane for one reason, to betray Jesus into the hands of the religious leaders.  It was dark and perhaps some of the soldiers with him were not able to distinguish Jesus from His disciples.  They needed a signal, one that would assure that they arrested the right man.  Judas decided upon a kiss.  A betrayer's kiss.  Satan can use the best thing in the worst way.

As the Last Supper with the disciples began, Judas was seated very close to Jesus, at the place of honor.  Surprising that Judas was so well thought of by the other disciples that night.  But sitting so near gave Jesus an opportunity to speak directly to Judas, revealing that Jesus knew what Judas was planning.

There has been a lot of speculation about why Judas betrayed Jesus. Could it be that the "devil made him" do it?  Or was it something else?

Someone close to Jesus was going to betray Him, that was certain.  It had been prophecied hundreds of years earlier.  But why was it Judas?

Why did Judas betray Jesus?  Some say it was money.  Was it?  That is what we will discuss in this episode.

The angel Gabriel made promises to Zechariah about his son, John, who would become John the Baptist.  But those promises were also proclamations about Jesus.  John's birth guaranteed the soon coming of the Messiah.

When the angel spoke to Joseph about Mary, he said "Do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife."  Why was Joseph afraid?  The angel also gave Joseph the geneology of Jesus...not His human geneology, but His divine geneology.

The Wise Men made proclamations about Jesus when they arrived at Bethlehem.  Some of them were spoken, and some were unspoken.  Even the gifts they brought proclaimed truths about Jesus.

What is the most important miracle in the Bible?  It is the virgin birth of Jesus.  Without it, everything else loses its power.  The cross loses its power.  The resurrection loses its power.  The Bible loses its main message.  Why so?  This episode explains it all.

While Annas and Caiaphas were trying to find a way to convict Jesus of breaking Jewish law so they could put Him to death, they themselves were actually breaking the rules and regulations for trials of the Sanhedrin in 18 specific ways.  We talk about each of those violations in this episode.

Many people miss the fact that Jesus appeared to Peter personally on the day of resurrection because the Bible is silent as to what was said between them.  But we know it did happen.  Find out how we know from this episode!