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The Mockery and Crucifixion
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Jesus Predicts His Death
Matthew 26:1–5
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No treachery is worse than betrayal by a family member or friend. Julius Caesar knew such treachery. Among the conspirators who assassinated the Roman leader on March 15, 44 B. C. was Marcus Junius Brutus. Caesar not only trusted Brutus, he had favored him as a … More
The feast of the Passover was the first feast on the Jewish calendar and was kept in observance of the national deliverance from Egypt in the exodus under Moses. Passover gets its name from the Death Angel “passing over” those who applied the blood to the door posts. Each year thousands of Jews flocked to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover.
During this time a meeting of the Sanhedrin is taking place at the palace which is the residence of Caiaphas the High Priest (v. 3). They were trying to decide what they would do with Jesus (v. 4). At this point Judas Iscariot goes in and strikes a deal with them. He said “What will ye give me, and I will deliver Him unto you?” (v.15.) They agreed to pay him thirty pieces of silver which was about one month’s wages.
Since many of Jesus’ supporters from Galilee would be in Jerusalem during this time, the leaders didn’t want to upset the crowd whose emotions would be at a high (vv. 4-5). Jesus actually spoiled their plan and died at the very hour of the slaying of the Passover lambs.
Application
How do you think many of the religious leaders of our day are like or unlike the religious leaders of Jesus’ day? I wonder what I would have done if I had been there when all of this was happening?
Matthew 26:1-5 (English Standard Version)
When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified." Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people."
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