1 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread was approaching, which is called the Passover. 2 The chief priests and the scribes discussed how they could put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people. 3 Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve. 4 Judas went to the chief priests and captains and discussed with them how he would betray Jesus to them. 5 They were glad, and agreed to give him money. 6 He consented, and looked for an opportunity to deliver him to them away from the crowd. 7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us the Passover meal, so that we may eat it.” 9 They said to him, “Where do you want us to make preparations?” 10 He answered them, “Listen, when you have entered the city, a man bearing a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he goes into. 11 Then say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I will eat the Passover with my disciples?”' 12 He will show you a large furnished upper room. Make the preparations there.” 13 So they went, and found everything as he had said to them. Then they prepared the Passover meal. 14 When the time came, he sat down with the apostles. 15 Then he said to them, “I have greatly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I say to you, I will not eat it again, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” 17 Then Jesus took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, “Take this, and share it among yourselves. 18 For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine again until the kingdom of God comes.” 19 Then he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 20 He took the cup in the same way after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. 21 But pay attention. The one who betrays me is with me at the table. 22 For the Son of Man indeed goes as it has been determined. But woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!” 23 They began to discuss among themselves which one of them it might be who would do this. 24 Then there arose also a quarrel among them about which of them was considered to be greatest. 25 He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles are masters over them, and the ones who have authority over them are referred to as those who do good to their people. 26 But it must not be like this with you. Instead, let the one who is the greatest among you become like the youngest, and let the one who is the most important become like the one who serves. 27 For who is greater, the one who sits at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as one who serves. 28 But you are the ones who have continued with me in my temptations. 29 I give to you a kingdom, even as my Father has given a kingdom to me, 30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31 Simon, Simon, be aware, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. After you have turned back again, strengthen your brothers.” 33 Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” 34 Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, before you deny three times that you know me.” 35 Then Jesus said to them, “When I sent you out without a purse, a bag of provisions, or shoes, did you lack anything?” They answered, “Nothing.” 36 Then he said to them, “But now, the one who has a purse, let him take it, and also a bag of provisions. The one who does not have a sword should sell his cloak and buy one. 37 For I say to you, what is written about me must be fulfilled, 'He was counted with the lawless ones.' For what is predicted about me is being fulfilled.” 38 Then they said, “Lord, look! Here are two swords.” He said to them, “It is enough.” 39 Jesus went, as he often did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 When they arrived, he said to them, “Pray that you do not enter into temptation.” 41 He went away from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless not my will, but yours be done.” 43◆ Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. 44◆ Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground. 45 When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of their sorrow, 46 and asked them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray, that you may not enter into temptation.” 47 While he was still speaking, behold, a crowd appeared, with Judas, one of the twelve, leading them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him, 48 but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” 49 When those who were around Jesus saw what was happening, they said, “Lord, should we strike with the sword?” 50 Then one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. 51 Jesus said, “That is enough!” He touched his ear, and healed him. 52 Jesus said to the chief priests, to the captains of the temple, and to elders who came against him, “Do you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? 53 When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not lay your hands on me. But this is your hour, and the authority of darkness.” 54 Seizing him, they led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance. 55 After they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat in the midst of them. 56 A certain female servant saw him as he sat in the light of the fire, and looked straight at him and said, “This man also was with him.” 57 But Peter denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.” 58 After a little while someone else saw him, and said, “You are also one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.” 59 After about an hour another man insisted and said, “Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean.” 60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying.” Immediately, while he was speaking, a rooster crowed. 61 Turning, the Lord looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, when he said to him, “Before a rooster crows today you will deny me three times.” 62 Peter went outside and wept bitterly. 63 Then the men guarding Jesus mocked and beat him. 64 They put a cover over him and asked him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is the one who hit you?” 65 They spoke many other things against Jesus, blaspheming him. 66 As soon as it was day, the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes. They led him into the council 67 and said, “If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe, 68 and if I ask you, you will not answer. 69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.” 70 They all said, “Then you are the Son of God?” Jesus said to them, “You say that I am.” 71 They said, “Why do we still need a witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.”
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Mount of Olives
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Cited in the guide: Zechariah 14:4; Luke 22:39; Acts 1:12
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- 1 Exodus 12:6–23; Leviticus 23:5–6; Mark 14:1–2; Matthew 26:2–5; John 11:55–57
- 2 John 11:47–53; Matthew 12:14; Luke 19:47–48; Matthew 21:45–46; Luke 20:19
- 3 John 13:2; Mark 14:10–11; John 13:18; John 13:26–27; Psalm 55:12–14
- 4 Acts 5:24; Acts 4:1; Acts 5:26; Matthew 26:14; Mark 14:10–11
- 5 Zechariah 11:12–13; Matthew 26:15–16; Matthew 27:3–5; Acts 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:9–10
- 6 Matthew 26:5; Mark 14:2
- 7 Exodus 12:18; Mark 14:12–16; Exodus 12:6; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Luke 22:1
- 8 Mark 14:13–16; Acts 3:11; Acts 4:13; Luke 1:6; Acts 3:1
- 10 Acts 8:26–29; John 16:4; 1 Samuel 10:2–7; Matthew 26:18–19; Luke 19:29–40
- 11 John 11:28; Revelation 3:20; Luke 19:5; Luke 19:34; Matthew 21:3
- 12 Acts 1:13; Acts 16:14–15; Acts 20:8; John 2:25; John 21:17
- 13 Luke 21:33; Luke 19:32; Hebrews 11:8; John 2:5
- 14 Matthew 26:20; Mark 14:17; Deuteronomy 16:6–7; Mark 6:30
- 15 Luke 12:50; John 4:34; John 13:1; John 17:1
- 16 Luke 14:15; Revelation 19:9; Luke 22:30; 1 Corinthians 5:7–8; John 6:50–58
- 17 Psalm 116:13; Luke 22:19; 1 Timothy 4:4–5; Deuteronomy 8:10; Luke 9:16
- 18 Matthew 26:29; Isaiah 55:1; Luke 22:16; Mark 14:25; Luke 21:31
- 19 1 Corinthians 11:23–29; 1 Corinthians 10:16; Mark 14:22–24; Luke 22:20; Matthew 26:26–28
- 20 Matthew 26:28; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Zechariah 9:11; Exodus 24:8; Hebrews 13:20
- 21 Psalm 41:9; John 13:26; John 13:21–22; John 13:18–19; Mark 14:18–21
- 22 Acts 2:23; Psalm 109:6–15; Luke 24:25–27; Psalm 55:12–15; Luke 24:46
- 23 John 13:22–25; Matthew 26:22; Mark 14:19
- 24 Luke 9:46; Mark 9:34; Matthew 20:20–24; Mark 10:37–41; Philippians 2:3–5
- 25 Matthew 20:25–28; Mark 10:41–45
- 26 1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:3; Mark 9:35; Matthew 18:3–5; Matthew 23:8–12
- 27 Matthew 20:28; Luke 12:37; John 13:5–16; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Luke 17:7–9
- 28 Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 2:18; Acts 1:25; Matthew 24:13; Matthew 19:28–29
- 29 Matthew 25:34; 2 Timothy 2:12; James 2:5; Matthew 24:47; Matthew 28:18
- 30 Matthew 19:28; Matthew 8:11; Revelation 2:26–27; Revelation 3:21; Luke 12:37
- 31 1 Peter 5:8; Zechariah 3:1; Job 1:6–12; Revelation 12:10; Job 2:1–6
- 32 John 21:15–17; 1 Peter 5:8–10; John 17:9–11; Romans 8:34; 2 Corinthians 1:4–6
- 33 Mark 14:31; Matthew 26:33–35; John 13:36–37; Mark 14:29; Matthew 20:22
- 34 John 13:38; Matthew 26:34; Mark 14:30; Mark 14:71–72; Matthew 26:74
- 35 Matthew 10:9–10; Luke 10:4; Luke 9:3; Psalm 37:3; Psalm 23:1
- 37 Isaiah 53:12; Luke 23:32; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; Acts 13:27–29
- 38 2 Corinthians 10:3–4; Matthew 26:52–54; Ephesians 6:10–18; Luke 22:49; 1 Thessalonians 5:8
- 39 Luke 21:37; Matthew 21:1; John 18:1–2; Mark 14:32–34; Matthew 26:30
- 40 Matthew 6:13; Luke 22:46; Matthew 26:36–46; 1 Peter 5:8–9; 2 Corinthians 12:7–10
- 41 Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:35; Luke 18:11
- 42 John 12:27–28; Matthew 26:39; Matthew 26:42; Mark 14:36; Psalm 40:8
- 43 Matthew 4:11; Psalm 91:11–12; Matthew 26:53; Hebrews 1:14; 1 Timothy 3:16
- 44 Lamentations 1:12; Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 22:12–21; Romans 8:32; Psalm 130:1–2
- 45 Mark 14:40–41; Matthew 26:43; Matthew 26:40; Mark 14:37
- 46 Luke 22:40; Jonah 1:6; Luke 21:34–36; Proverbs 6:4–11
- 47 Mark 14:41–50; Matthew 26:45–56; John 18:2–11; Mark 14:10; Luke 22:3–6
- 48 2 Samuel 20:9–10; Mark 14:44–46; Proverbs 27:6; Matthew 26:48–50; Psalm 55:21
- 49 Luke 22:38
- 50 John 18:10–11; Mark 14:47; Romans 12:19; Matthew 26:51–54; 2 Corinthians 10:4
- 51 Romans 12:21; 2 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Peter 2:21–23; John 17:12; John 18:8–9
- 52 Luke 22:4; Matthew 26:55; Acts 5:26; John 17:12; Mark 14:48–49
- 53 Ephesians 6:12; Acts 26:18; Colossians 1:13; John 16:20–22; John 12:27
- 54 Mark 14:53–54; Matthew 26:57–58; John 18:12–17; 2 Chronicles 32:31; John 18:24
- 55 Psalm 26:4–5; 2 Corinthians 6:15–17; Psalm 28:3; Matthew 26:69–75; Proverbs 9:6
- 56 John 18:17; Mark 14:6; Matthew 26:69; Mark 14:17; Mark 14:66–68
- 57 2 Timothy 2:10–12; 1 John 1:9; John 18:27; John 18:25; Matthew 10:33
- 58 Mark 14:69–70; Matthew 26:71–72; John 18:25
- 59 John 18:26–27; Matthew 26:73–74; Mark 14:69–70
- 60 John 18:27; Matthew 26:74–75; Mark 14:71–72; Luke 22:34
- 61 Luke 22:34; Isaiah 57:15–18; Ezekiel 36:31–32; Jeremiah 31:18–20; Ezekiel 16:63
- 62 1 Corinthians 10:12; Matthew 26:75; Ezekiel 7:16; Psalm 38:18; Psalm 130:1–4
- 63 John 18:22; Psalm 35:15–16; Matthew 26:59–68; Isaiah 49:7; Job 16:9–10
- 64 Judges 16:25; Judges 16:21
- 65 Acts 26:11; Matthew 27:39; 1 Timothy 1:13–14; Luke 12:10; Matthew 12:31–32
- 66 Matthew 27:1; Mark 15:1; Acts 22:5; Matthew 5:22; Acts 4:25–28
- 67 Mark 14:61–66; Matthew 26:63–68; Luke 16:31; John 5:39–47; John 12:37–43
- 68 Luke 20:41–44; Luke 20:3–7
- 69 Psalm 110:1; Daniel 7:13–14; Mark 16:19; Hebrews 1:3; Ephesians 1:20–23
- 70 Luke 23:3; John 18:37; Mark 15:2; Matthew 26:64; Matthew 27:11
- 71 Matthew 26:65–66; Mark 14:63–64
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Why does my Bible say something different?
- Luke 22:43–44: the angel and the sweat like drops of blood
In Gethsemane an angel strengthens Christ, and in his agony his sweat falls “as it were great drops of blood.” These two verses are missing from some of the most important early manuscripts but are present in others, and they were quoted by St Justin and St Irenaeus in the second century. The Orthodox Church reads them as part of Luke. Scholars are divided on whether Luke wrote them.
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For the apostles, in the memoirs composed by them, which are called Gospels, have thus delivered unto us what was enjoined upon them; that Jesus took bread, and when He had given thanks, said, "This do ye in remembrance of Me, this is My body;" and that, after the same manner, having taken the cup and given thanks, He said, …
… hard-heartedness of the Jews moved Him to sorrowful indignation, that He said, "I am glad for your sakes, to the intent ye may believe," that when about to raise Lazarus He even shed tears, that He earnestly desired to eat the passover with His disciples, that as His passion drew near His soul was sorrowful, these emotions are certainly not …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Of this accordingly He quite speaks out to them afterwards, "Lacked ye anything, when I sent you naked and unshod?" He did not at once say, "Provide not," but when He had said, "Cleanse the lepers, cast out devils," then He said, "Provide nothing; freely ye have received, freely give;" by His way of ordering things consulting at once for …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Hail, Master; yet he was betraying his Master to death; he was not abashed at His warning, when He said, Judas, betrayest than the Son of Man with a kiss?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… explain why it is said in the Gospel by the Lord Himself to the disciples, "Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat;" and He says to Peter, "But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not." And when they explain this to me, they explain to themselves at the same time …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)