{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Uncultured Saints","title":"The Plot, the Annointing & the Betrayal","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2113,"description":"A Bible Study of Mark 14:1-11\n➡️ The Pharisees Plot to Kill Jesus\nIt was now two days before Passover. The chief priests and scribes sought to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him, yet feared causing an uproar during the feast. \nTheir need for secrecy spoke volumes — if they were truly doing God's work, why hide in darkness? \nSince the beginning of Mark's gospel, they had been at odds with Jesus, looking for ways to destroy him. \nEven back in chapter three, they allegedly planted a man with a withered hand in the synagogue to test if Jesus would heal on the Sabbath. \nTheir secretive plotting revealed their fear — not of wrongdoing, but of the people's reaction. \nThey were fully committed to silencing Jesus, willing to employ dangerous and evil methods.\n➡️ Jesus Anointed at Bethany\nWhile at Simon the leper's house in Bethany, a woman approached Jesus with an alabaster flask of pure nard, costly ointment worth a year's wages.\nBreaking the flask, she poured it over his head. \nSome became indignant, asking why such waste when it could have been sold for over 300 denarii and given to the poor. \nJesus defended her: \"Leave her alone. Why trouble her? \nShe has done a beautiful thing. \nThe poor you always have with you—whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.\" \nHe explained she had anointed his body for his coming burial. \nWhat she did would be remembered wherever the gospel was proclaimed. (And it is!)\n➡️ Judas Decides to Betray Jesus\nThen Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus. \nThey were glad and promised him money. \nJudas sought opportunity to betray him. \nThe contrast is striking — the woman spent extravagantly to honor Jesus while Judas sought payment to betray him. \nWhile some saw her act as wasteful, Jesus recognized it as faith. \nContributor Rev. Harrison Goodman is the Higher Things Executive Director of Missions and Theology.\nContributor Eli Lietzau is the pastor at Wheat Ridge...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/n2po5l-IRU5pWb8a2zVmZKIexbOufCi0-6fm7dwa_Qk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI1MTM3LzE2MzM3/MTc0MDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}