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*The Forgotten Day of Holy Week | Judas, Betrayal & a 500-Year-Old Prophecy | 5-Min Daily Devotional | Wednesday 1 April 2026*

Wednesday of Holy Week barely gets a mention - no palms, no supper, no crowds. Just silence. But underneath that silence, something extraordinary is happening.

Judas has gone to the chief priests. A deal has been struck. _Thirty pieces of silver._

And here's what most people miss: five hundred years before it happened, the prophet Zechariah wrote it down - the exact amount, the potter, the temple. The precision is breathtaking.

In this Holy Week devotional we look at the betrayal of Jesus through the lens of Zechariah chapter 11, Psalm 41, and a question that might be the most honest one of the whole week - is there a door you have closed, or a door that was closed on you?

_Because no closed door could stop what Jesus had come to do._

_Scriptures covered:_

- Zechariah 11:12-13
- Psalm 41
- John 13
- Matthew 27

_Timestamps_
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:18 - Wednesday of Holy Week
00:00:48 - Judas' Betrayal
00:01:08 - The Prophecy of Zechariah
00:02:24 - The Rejected Shepherd
00:02:55 - Psalm 41 and Betrayal
00:03:43 - Reflection on Closed Doors
00:04:24 - Jesus' Knowledge and Actions
00:04:46 - Looking Forward to Maundy Thursday

This is part of the _Holy Week Doors_ series - a daily devotional walking through the events of Holy Week through the theme of doors.

🔔 _Subscribe so you don't miss Maundy Thursday tomorrow_ - when we arrive at one of the most beautiful pictures in all of Scripture: the Last Supper, the Passover, and the door marked with blood.

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