§ 131. The Rulers conspire. The Supper at Bethany. Treachery MATTHEW. CH. XXVI. 1-16. 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not al ways. 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. 13 Verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. MARK. CH. XIV. 1-11. 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. 8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. 9 Verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of, for a memorial of her. 10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. CH. XIV. 12-16. § 132. Preparation for the Passover. CH. XXVI. 17-19 17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover ? 18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover? 13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water follow him. 14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the good man of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples ? 15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. Matt. xxvi. 18, with my disciples.] Here is a very natural, yet incidental recognition of a rule, universally respected among the Jews, that this feast was to be celebrated not of Judas. (FOURTH DAY OF THE WEEK.) Jerusalem. Bethany. LUKE. CH. XXII. 1-6. JOHN. CH. XII. 2-8. 8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. 3 Then entered Satan into Judas, surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. 4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. 5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. 6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. (FIFTH DAY OF THE WEEK.) Jerusalem. Bethany. CH. XXII. 7-13. 7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 11 And ye shall say unto the good man of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. 13 And they went and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. alone, but by companies of not less than ten persons. See JOSEPHUS, Bell. Jud. vi. ix. § 3. BLUNT, Veracity, &c. Sect. ii. 8. |