Like A Robber

And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard.” And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, “Rabbi!” And he kissed him. And they laid hands on him and seized him. But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled.” And they all left him and fled.
Mark 14:43–50
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Like A Robber
Jesus suffers for you. He becomes that which he wasn't so that he can save you. Saint Paul says, "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." Jesus goes to the cross because of our sin. But because of his mercy and love he takes our sin from us and gives us his righteousness. All the predictions come true, the Son of Man is delivered over into the hands of sinners, suffers, is mocked and spit upon, is crucified, and on the third day, rises again. Jesus makes us what we weren't. We were lost and dead, but now we are found and alive. Thanks be to God.