George Bounacos

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Judas identifies Jesus with a kiss. Readers of the gospels have sometimes wondered why this was necessary. Surely the authorities knew who Jesus was? But it is not the interrogators from earlier in the week, the chief priests and scribes, who come out to arrest him, but temple soldiers sent by them. It is easy to imagine that they would not have known which one Jesus was.
The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem
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