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Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
Luke 22:1–13
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When the Romans wanted to capture Jesus they paid one of his trusted followers to betray him. Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus’ disciples. The Romans arranged for a signal from Judas. He would identify Jesus by kissing him in the Garden of Gethsemane. In return for this bet … More
The Feast of the Unleavened Bread began the fifteenth day of the first Jewish calendar Month (our April) and continued for seven days (Leviticus 23:4-8). This, along with the one-day feast of the Passover, was sometimes called “the Passover” and stands for the entire observance (vv. 1-2). Keep in mind that all Jewish men were required to be in Jerusalem for the Passover feast, followed by a seven day festival called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Lk. 16:16). Jews from all over the Roman Empire converged on Jerusalem to celebrate this important event.
The religious leaders were afraid of the people but were still looking for a way to get rid of Jesus (v. 2). Satan’s part in the betrayal of Jesus does not remove any of the responsibility from Judas (v. 3). Judas solved their problem for them when he guaranteed to deliver Jesus to them privately so there would be no uproar from the people (vv. 4-6). This was one of Jesus twelve disciples that had preached the same message and performed the same miracles as the other eleven. It just shows how close a person can come to knowing Christ and still be lost (Matthew 7:21-29).
Even during these final days of preparation for His death, Jesus was doing miraculous things. He told Peter and John to look for a man carrying a jar of water and to follow him to where their Passover meal would be eaten (vv. 7-13). It would have been easy to recognize a man carrying a jar of water because it was usually the women who carried the water from the wells to their houses.
Application
Have you ever felt betrayed by someone that you felt close to? If so, what was your reaction? I need to realize that men will disappoint me, but the Lord never will.
Luke 22:1-13 (English Standard Version)
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people. Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve. He went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. So he consented and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of a crowd. Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it." They said to him, "Where will you have us prepare it?" He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters and tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' And he will show you a large upper room furnished; prepare it there." And they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
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