And the LORD said to me, Cast it to the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. (Sacharia 11, Vers 13)

Vor einigen Tagen haben wir gehört, daß Jesus auf einem Esel in Jerusalem eingezogen war und die Menschen ihm zugejubelt hatten. Einige Tage später jedoch, gab es einen Menschen, der verriet Jesus für dreißig Silberlinge an die Obersten der damaligen Regierung. Der Prophet Sacharia kündigte das bereits an. Auf diesen Verrat hin wurde Jesus festgenommen und zum Tode verurteilt. Dabei hatte er nie in seinem Leben irgendetwas Böses getan. Kannst du begreifen, warum Jesus das zugelassen hat? Warum war er bereit zu sterben? Es wäre ein Leichtes für ihn gewesen, Heerscharen von Engeln anrücken zu lassen und ihn aus den Händen der Regierungsleute zu befreien. Morgen erfährst du, warum er es nicht getan hat.

Some days ago we read that Jesus had entered Jerusalem on a donkey, and crowds of people praised him. A few days later, however, there had been a person who betrayed Jesus. For the prize of thirty silver pieces he betrayed Jesus to the government of that time. The prophet Sacharia already announced it. As consequence of this Jesus had been put to prison and had been sentenced to death. Just imagine, absolutely never in his life had Jesus done anything evil at all. Can you understand why Jesus had been willing to suffer death although he had been absolutely innocent? It would have been a simple task for him to order large numbers of angels to come and set him free and take him out of the hands of the government people. Tomorrow you will read why he did not do that.