If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you turn with me to Matthew chapter 26. We’re now entering a new section of the gospel of Matthew as we continue our study through this glorious gospel. This chapter contains of course the prelude to the death of Christ. A few individuals leap out of the pages of history with more profound irony attached to them than the Lord Jesus Christ. Think of it. Matthew knows it, and he records it frequently. He noted that Jesus experienced hunger, but He fed others. Jesus grew weary, but He gave rest to others. He was a king, the Messiah, but He paid tribute. He was called a devil by some, but cast out demons. He died the death of a sinner, but He came to save His people from their sin. He was sold for thirty pieces of silver, and He gave His life, a ransom,…