espying the enemy walking amongst the crowd the High Priest Caiaphas orders the Temple Guards to overpower the Roman Soldiers, release the Prophet and crucify Satan instead.

"All who live by the sword, shall die by the sword" ~ Gospel of Matthew, verse 26:52It was the Temple Guard Malchus who finally revealed the web of deceit to the Council at the Via Dolorosa, so desperately close to the final execution place of the skulls at Golgotha.

Because during the arrest at Gethsemane, an overzealous disciple had chopped off his ear, but the Prophet had miraculously healed the wound. Driven to his knees by the truth of his final words ("All who live by the sword, shall die by the sword"), Malchus had played no further part in the arrest. Instead, he remained in prayer at the Garden whilst the Prophet was put in chains and dragged off to a mistrial.

"Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that's wise!" ~ SophoclesThe architect of that arrest, Judas Iscariot, witnessed the miscarriage of justice that followed, and at the last, finally understood that he had been utterly manipulated into his betrayal by Satan.

Refusing to accept that he was damned, he raced back to Gethsemane, convinced Malchus to return with him and reverse the sentence of the court.

They almost didn't make it.