It is Wednesday evening of Passion Week. Earlier that day the disciples had followed Jesus’ instructions to prepare the Passover meal at what may have been the home of John Mark, author of the second gospel. Matthew and Mark have emphasized that during the meal Jesus revealed that not only would He be delivered up…
After predicting for some time that He would be delivered up to the religious leaders to be put to death, here at the Last Supper Jesus has shocked His disciples that He would actually be betrayed by one of them who was closest to Him. His pronouncement deeply grieved them, and caused varying degrees of…
So incredulous was it to the disciples that one of them would betray Jesus that Matthew and Mark who were the first to articulate their gospels emphasized it of first importance even over His institution of the Lord’s Supper in their description of the events that took place at His last Passover; cf. 1Co 11:23. …
After numerous predictions that He would be delivered up to the Jewish leaders and handed over to the Romans to be crucified (Mat 16:21, 17:22-23, 20:18-19, 21:38, 26:2), at Jesus’ last Passover He has now dropped the spiritual bombshell upon His disciples that it would be one of them who would betray Him. Their shocked…
Recall that Jesus had been predicting for some time that He would be delivered up to suffer and die (Mat 16:21, 17:22-23, 20:18-19, 21:38, 26:2); what is different about His words now at His last Passover in regard to the same thing? I.e., what information did Jesus now announce about His approaching Passion that the…
Recall that Jesus had directed Peter and John to prepare the Passover for them on Wednesday at a location in the city that could well have been at the home of John Mark, whose gospel the early church associated with Peter’s teaching (1Pe 5:13). What evening then was it that is described in Mat 26:20? …
Recall from our Chronology of Passion Week that Jesus ate the Passover meal with His disciples on Wednesday evening, was arrested that night, and crucified the following day, Thursday. Because the Jewish leaders reckoned the Passover to start a day later, Jesus’ death that afternoon occurred at the same time that their Passover lambs were…
In relation to the day on which Jesus was crucified, on what day does John say that the religious leaders partook of the Passover? See Joh 18:28, 19:14,31,42; cf. Mat 27:62, Mar 15:42, and Luk 23:54, and notice that the preparation day was for the Sabbath rest required by the Passover and the first day…
Recall that six days before the Passover Jesus arrived in Bethany (Joh 12:1), and it was that evening at the house of Simon the Leper that Mary anointed Him with the costly perfume to set in motion the events leading to His crucifixion (Mat 26:6-7, Joh 12:2-3). That day was Friday, not Saturday as would…
In Matthew’s account of the events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion during the Passover, he has related how the religious leaders were seeking to put Him to death, but not during the Passover for fear of a riot among those who supported Jesus. That changed to accomplish God’s perfect timing to have the Lamb of…