1 When Jesus had finished all he wanted to say, he told his disciples,
2 ¡°You know that in two days¡¯ time it will be the Passover and the Son
of Man will be handed over to be crucified.¡±
3 Then the chief priests and the Jewish authorities gathered together at
the palace of the High Priest whose name was Caiaphas,
4 and they agreed to trap Jesus and kill him.
5 But they said among themselves, ¡°Not during the feast, lest there be
an uprising among the people.¡±
The anointing at Bethany
6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,
7 a woman came up to him carrying a precious jar of expensive perfume.
She poured it on Jesus¡¯ head as he was at table.
8 Seeing this the disciples became in dignant, protesting, ¡°What a
useless waste!
9 The perfume could have been sold for a large sum and given to the
poor.¡±
10 But Jesus was aware of this, so he said to them, ¡°Why are you
troubling this woman? What she has just done for me is indeed a good
work.
11 You always have the poor with you but you will not have me forever.
12 She was pre paring for my funeral when she anointed my body with this
perfume.
13 Truly, I say to you: wherever the Gospel is proclaimed, all over the
world, what she has done will be told in praise of her.¡±
14 Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went off to
the chief priests and said,
15 ¡°How much will you give me if I hand him over to you?¡± They promised
to give him thirty pieces of silver,
16 and from then on he kept looking for the best way to hand him over to
them.
The last supper
17 On the first day of the Festival of the Un leavened Bread, the
disciples came to Jesus and said to him, ¡°Where do you want us to
prepare the Passover meal for you?¡±
18 Jesus answered, ¡°Go into the city, to the house of a certain man, and
tell him: ¡®The Master says: My hour is near, and I will celebrate the
Pass over with my disciples in your house.¡±
19 The disciples did as Jesus had ordered and prepared the Passover
meal.
20 When it was evening, Jesus sat at table with the Twelve.
21 While they were eating, Jesus said, ¡°Truly, I say to you: one of you
will betray me.¡±
22 They were deeply distressed and asked him in turn, ¡°You do not mean
me, do you, Lord?¡±
23 He answered, ¡°He who will betray me is one of those who dips his
bread in the dish with me.
24 The Son of Man is going as the Scriptures say he will. But alas for
that one who betrays the Son of Man; better for him not to have been
born.¡±
25 Judas, who was betraying him, also asked, ¡°You do not mean me,
Master, do you?¡± Jesus replied, ¡°You have said it.¡±
26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, said a blessing and broke
it, and gave it to his disciples say ing, ¡°Take and eat; this is my
body.¡±
27 Then he took a cup and gave thanks, and passed it to them say ing,
¡°Drink this, all of you,
28 for this is my blood, the blood of the Covenant, which is poured out
for many for the forgiveness of sins.
29 Yes, I say to you: I will not taste the fruit of the vine from now
until the day I drink new wine with you in my Father¡¯s kingdom.¡±
30 After singing psalms of praise, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
31 Then Jesus said to them, ¡°You will falter tonight because of me, and
all will fall. For the Scripture says: I will strike the shepherd and
the sheep will be scattered.
32 But after my resurrection I will go ahead of you to Gali lee.¡±
33 Peter responded, ¡°Even though all doubt you and fall, I will never
fall.¡±
34 Jesus replied, ¡°Truly, I say to you: this very night before the cock
crows, you will deny me three times.¡±
35 Peter said, ¡°Though I have to die with you, I will never deny you.¡±
And all the disciples said the same.
Gethsemane
36 Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his
disciples, ¡°Sit here while I go over to pray.¡±
37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebe dee along with him, and he
began to be filled with anguish and distress.
38 And he said to them, ¡°My soul is filled with sorrow even to death.
Remain here and stay awake with me.¡±
39 He went a little farther and fell to the ground, with his face
touching the earth, and prayed, ¡°Father, if it is possible, take this
cup away from me. Yet not what I want, but what you want.¡±
40 He went back to his disciples and found them asleep, and he said to
Peter, ¡°Could you not stay awake with me for even an hour?
41 Stay awake and pray, so that you may not slip into temptation. The
spirit indeed is eager, but human nature is weak.¡±
42 He again went away and prayed, ¡°Father, if this cup cannot be taken
away from me without my drinking it, let your will be done.¡±
43 When he came back to his disciples, he again found them asleep, for
they could not keep their eyes open.
44 He left them and again went to pray the third time, saying the same
words.
45 Then he came back to his disciples and said to them, ¡°You can sleep
on now and take your rest! The hour has come and the Son of Man is now
given over into the power of sinners.
46 Get up, let us go. Look: the betrayer is here.¡±
Jesus arrested
47 Jesus was still speaking when Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With
him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, who had been sent by the
chief priests and the Jewish authorities.
48 The traitor had arranged a signal for them: ¡°The one I kiss, he is
the man; arrest him.¡±
49 And he went directly to Jesus and said, ¡°Good evening, Master¡± and he
gave him a kiss.
50 But Jesus said to him, ¡°Friend, do what you came for.¡± Then they laid
hold of Jesus and arrested him.
51 One of those who were with Jesus drew his sword and struck at the
servant of the High Priest, cutting off his ear.
52 So Jesus said to him, ¡°Put your sword back into its place, for he who
uses the sword will perish by the sword.
53 Do you not know that I could call on my Father, and he would at once
send me more than twelve legions of angels.
54 If Scrip ture says that this has to be, should it not be
55 At that moment, Jesus said to the crowd, ¡°Why do you come to arrest
me with swords and clubs, as if I were a robber? Day after day I was
seated among you teaching in the Temple, yet you did not arrest me.
56 But all this has come about in fulfillment of what the Prophets
said.¡± Then all his disciples deserted him and fled.
Jesus before the Sanhedrin
57 Those who had arrested Jesus brought him to the house of the High
Priest Caiaphas, where the teachers of the Law and the Jewish
authorities were assembled.
58 Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the High
Priest; he entered and sat with the guards, waiting to see the end.
59 The chief priests and the whole Supreme Council needed some false
evidence against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
60 But they were unable to find any, even though false witnesses came
forward.
61 At last, two men came up and declared, ¡°This man said: I am able to
destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.¡±
62 The High Priest then stood up and asked Jesus, ¡°Have you no an swer
at all? What is this evidence against you?¡±
63 But Jesus kept silent.
So the High Priest said to him, ¡°In the name of the living God, I
command you to tell us: Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?¡±
64 Jesus answered, ¡°It is just as you say. I tell you more: from now on,
you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Most
Powerful God and coming on the clouds of heaven.¡±
65 Then the High Priest tore his clothes, saying, ¡°He has blasphemed.
What more evidence do we need? You have just heard these blasphemous
words.
66 What is your decision?¡± They answered, ¡°He must die!¡±
67 Then they began to spit on Jesus and slap him while others hit him
with their fists,
68 saying, ¡°Messiah, prophesy! Who hit you?¡±
Peter disowns Jesus
69 Meanwhile, as Peter sat outside in the courtyard, a young
servant-girl of the house said to him, ¡°You also were with Jesus of Gali
lee.¡±
70 But he denied it before everyone, saying, ¡°I do not know what you are
talking about.¡±
71 And as Peter was going out to the gateway, another servant-girl saw
him and told the bystanders, ¡°This man was with Jesus of Na zareth.¡±
72 Peter denied it again with an oath, swearing, ¡°I do not know that
man.¡±
73 After a little while, those who were standing there approached Peter
and said to him, ¡°Of course you are one of the Galileans; your accent
gives you away.¡±
74 Peter began justifying himself with curses and oaths protesting that
he did not know the man. Just then a cock crowed.
75 And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, ¡°Before the cock crows, you
will deny me three times.¡± And he went away weeping bitterly.
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Comments Mathew, Chapter 26
Mt26:47 We find two accusations against
Jesus. The first: Ican destroye (v.61) is false in one sense, but it
refers, to the words Jesus had spoken about replacing the Temple of
Jerusalem with another religio centered, in his own person (Jn: 2:10)
and that was very subversive.
Nothing was more sacred to the Jews than the Temple of
Jerusalem, and to attack the Temple was, at the same time, to threaten
the position of the priests whose power was based on the fact that they
alone could perform sacrificial rites in the Temple. Also: they amassed
wealth from offerings and taxes that the people paid to the temple. In
defending the holy things, they were also protecting their own
interests.
For the second accusation, which is the most important.see commentary
on Mark 14:53.
Jesus remained siIent. Not out of contempt for those men.who were the
religious authorities. But because he saw it was useless to argue with
them. He remained silent and felt confident as do those who put their
cause in the hands of God
It is just as you say.Perhaps this answer of Jesus should be translated:
'You are
the one saying,"which is to say that Jesus did not agrere with the terms
used by Caiaphas.The expression ¡°son of God¡± signified the kings and
saviors of lsrael,and Jesus is the Son of God in avery different
senve.Jesus identifyies himself with the prophecy of Daniel
7:13,announcing a Savior a Son of Man,who comes directly from God from
all eternity
This denial by Peter is most amazing. His friend John is well known
in the house of the high priest and Peter was introduced as his friend
(jn 18:16) The young girl knows very well who john is and does not say
anything,only an ironic word to Peter. Nobody is threatening him,least
of all the men;instead they mock him for his provincial Galilian acent,
the same as jesus accent! But that was enough to make Peter lose his
composure