Matthew 26 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: The Last days of Jesus Christ #6 Matthew 26:20-25 – The Last Passover

Matthew 26:20-25 – The Last Passover

|| Mark 14:17-21; Luke 22:14, 21-23; John 13:21-30

MT26:20 Now as it became evening[1] Jesus was reclining at table with his twelve disciples. MT26:21 And while eating [the Passover] with them, he said: “I tell you this truth: One among you will betray me.” MT26:22 Now the disciples were extremely upset[2] about this and they started to say to one another: “Master, I am not the one am I?” MT26:23 But, Jesus responded to them by saying, “The one who has dipped his hand in the bowl with me is the one who will betray me. MT26:24 Indeed, the Son of Humankind is departing just as it has been written[3] about him, but woe to the person who betrays the Son of Humankind. It would be better if he was never born.”[4] MT26:25 Having given this answer, Judas the betrayer, insisted, “It is not me[5] is it, Rabbi?” Jesus answered him, “You said it.”[6]

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[1] Evening: After true sundown. The full moon is rising.

[2] Extremely upset: Or, KJV: exceedingly sorrowful; KNX: full of sorrow; NASB: deeply grieved; NEB: in great distress; RIEU: sick a heart.

[3] Is departing just as it has been written: Exactly where is such written? Jesus had mentioned such a thing earlier at John 6:62. This leaving, departing, or going away is what Daniel 7:13 foretold: someone like a human being would ascend to heaven.

[4] It would be better if he was never born: Or, KJV: it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

[5] It is not me: The height of hypocrisy.

[6] You said it: Or, MON: is it not; RIEU: it is you that have said it; NEB: the words are yours; GDSP: you are right.

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Preceding

Matthew 26 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: The Last days of Jesus Christ #1 Matthew 26:1-2 – Two Days Before Execution

Matthew 26 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: The Last days of Jesus Christ #2 Matthew 26:3-5 – Plotting to Seize Jesus

Matthew 26 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: The Last days of Jesus Christ #3 Matthew 26:6-13 – A Woman to Be Remembered

Matthew 26 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: The Last days of Jesus Christ #4 Matthew 26:14-16 – The Price of Betrayal

Matthew 26 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: The Last days of Jesus Christ #5 Matthew 26:17-19 – Passover Preparations