17 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’” 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. 20 When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. 21 And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.” 22 They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?” 23 Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. 24 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.” 25 Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said so.” (Matthew 26:17-25)
The Passover, also known as the Festival of Unleavened Bread, begins on the 14th day of the first month of the Jewish calendar, between March and April of the Gregorian calendar. According to the Old Testament “Exodus”, when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, God ordered the slaughter of lambs and the application of blood on the doors so that when the angels killed the firstborn sons of the Egyptians, they would pass over the houses marked with blood. This was called “Passover”, and the Jews established this festival to commemorate it.
Here it is about Jesus and the twelve disciples eating the Passover. The Lord Jesus is the Son of God, and He knows everything. He said, “One of you will betray me.” The disciple who betrayed the Lord was Judas, and he did not repent when he heard it.
21 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” 22 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. 23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. 24 Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.” 25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” 28 But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. 29 Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. 30 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night. (John 13:21-30)
This parallel passage is from the Gospel John. Peter asked the disciple whom Jesus loved, that is John, who would betray Jesus. John asked Jesus, and Jesus told him that it was Judas. Here we see that Satan, the devil, entered Judas’ heart, and he went out to betray Jesus.
In order to save the world, Jesus was betrayed by his disciple and crucified. I hope more people will believe in the Lord and turn to him.
May God bless you and your family!
Author: michael
Costly perfume poured on the Lord Jesus
Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
The Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Ten Virgins
The day of the Lord Jesus’ return
The Great Tribulation in the Last Days
Signs of Jesus’ Second Coming
About Jerusalem
Seven Woes to the teachers of the law and the Pharisees
Warning people not to imitate the Pharisees
1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. 5 “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others. 8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant. 12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. (Matthew 23:1-12)
Here the Lord Jesus told the crowds and his disciples not to imitate the behavior of the scribes and Pharisees, who could talk but could not do. They gave heavy burdens to others, but they themselves would not lift a finger to move them, and did nothing.
38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. 39 You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by chasing after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. (Numbers 15:38-39)
The Book of Numbers in the Old Testament required the Israelites to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel so that they could see and remember to obey all the commandments of God. However, they made their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long in order for others to see.
1“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. (Matthew 6:1-4)
Here the Lord Jesus said that we should not do good deeds in front of people, deliberately for them to see. Here the Lord Jesus did not mean that we should not do good deeds in front of people, but that the motive for doing good deeds should not be for people to see. If the motive is for people to see, you have received rewards from people, you cannot receive rewards from the Father in heaven.
The scribes and Pharisees also loved the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues, and being called rabbi in the streets. Rabbi means teacher.
The Lord Jesus continued: Whoever is greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Whoever is great must serve others, and whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. God gives grace to the humble.
May God bless you and your family!
The Greatest Commandment
34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:34-40)
A Pharisee, an expert in the law came to ask the Lord Jesus: “Which is the greatest commandment in the law? ” The Lord Jesus told him two great commandments:
The first great commandment is in the Book of Deuteronomy of the Old Testament:
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5)
Here it talks about loving God with all your heart, soul, and strength.
The second greatest commandment is in the book of Leviticus of the Old Testament,
18 “‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:18)
Here it talks about loving your neighbor as yourself.
In the parallel passage in the New Testament, the Gospel of Mark, Lord Jesus also talks about the two great commandments
30 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. ’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ’ There is no greater commandment than these. ”
(Mark 12:30-31)
8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (Romans 13:8-10)
Here the Apostle Paul says that the Ten Commandments of the Old Testament are summed up in this one commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself”. If you love your neighbor, you will not do harm to him, and love has fulfilled the law.
9 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” the things God has prepared for those who love him (1 Corinthians 2:9)
Here it says that what God has prepared for those who love him in heaven in the future are wonders, what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived.
May God bless you and your family!