Matthew 26:1-19 (NKJV)
The Plot to Kill Jesus
26 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, that He said to His disciples,
2 “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
Passover celebrates the release of God’s chosen people from slavery in Egypt where the death angel killed the first-born in every Egyptian household but passed over the homes of the Hebrews, who had the lamb’s blood on their doors.
Jesus continued to tell the disciples of His pending death.
3 Then the chief priests, the scribes,[a] and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
4 and plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
Jesus was a threat to the power of the temple rulers, but Caiaphas would lose his position if there was a riot. There may have been two million people in Jerusalem for Passover.
The Anointing at Bethany
6 And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
Jesus must have healed him.
7 a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table.
John 12 tells us that the woman was Jesus’ close friend, Mary, sister of Martha, who helped serve the meal and brother of Lazarus, whom Jesus had recently raised from the dead.
8 But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
9 For this fragrant oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
John tells us that it was Judas Iscariot who objected, and added that the perfume was worth a year’s wages. 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it. John 12: 6
10 But when Jesus was aware of it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me.
11 For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always.
12 For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My burial.
13 Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
15 and said, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.
16 So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.
Why did Judas betray Jesus?
Was it for the money?
He believed that Jesus would lead armies to defeat the Romans and restore Israel.
Did his disappointment turn to hatred toward his hero?
He tried to make Jesus what he wanted Him to be.
Jesus Celebrates Passover with His Disciples
17 Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
18 And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”’”
Luke tells that the disciples were John and Peter. Why did Jesus ask them to meet a man carrying a jar of water? Men didn’t often perform this chore.
Follow him into the house which he enters. 11 Then you shall say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”’ 12 Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready.” Luke 22
Why does this room seem familiar?
19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.
What did John and Peter have to do?
Elements of Passover:
Unleavened Bread is Matzah
Bitter Herbs such as horse raddish
Parsley and saltwater
Roasted Lamb ten people
Wine
Broken and Spilled Out
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