The Shocking "Darkness" of Easter

If you think you already know everything about these passages and Easter, here are just two questions:

1. Why did Satan change his strategy of preventing Jesus from going to the cross through Peter to getting Jesus on the cross through Judas?

2. Why was it dark during the final three hours Christ was on the cross?

Let me set the scene by bringing you back in time to the first ever Holy Week. It was around the year 30 and most of civilization was ruled by the mighty Roman Empire...