Luke 22
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The Plot to Kill Jesus
1Now #Matt. 26:2–5; Mark 14:1, 2the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover. 2And #Ps. 2:2; John 11:47; Acts 4:27the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.
3#Matt. 26:14–16; Mark 14:10, 11; John 13:2, 27Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the #Matt. 10:2–4twelve. 4So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them. 5And they were glad, and #Zech. 11:12agreed to give him money. 6So he promised and sought opportunity to #Ps. 41:9betray Him to them in the absence of the multitude.
Jesus and His Disciples Prepare the Passover
7#Matt. 26:17–19; Mark 14:12–16Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. 8And He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”
9So they said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare?”
10And He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he enters. 11Then you shall say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?” ’ 12Then he will show you a large, furnished upper room; there make ready.”
13So they went and #Luke 19:32found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
Jesus Institutes the Lord’s Supper
14#Matt. 26:20; Mark 14:17When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. 15Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 16for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it #Luke 14:15; (Acts 10:41; Rev. 19:9)until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
17Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves; 18for #Matt. 26:29; Mark 14:25I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
19#Matt. 26:26; Mark 14:22And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My #(1 Pet. 2:24)body which is given for you; #1 Cor. 11:23–26do this in remembrance of Me.”
20Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, #1 Cor. 10:16“This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you. 21#Ps. 41:9; Matt. 26:21, 23; Mark 14:18; Luke 22:48; John 13:21, 26, 27But behold, the hand of My betrayer is with Me on the table. 22#Matt. 26:24And truly the Son of Man goes #John 17:12; Acts 2:23as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”
23#Matt. 26:22; John 13:22, 25Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.
The Disciples Argue About Greatness
24#Mark 9:34; Luke 9:46–48Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest. 25#(Matt. 20:25–28); Mark 10:42–45And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ 26#Matt. 20:26; (1 Pet. 5:3)But not so among you; on the contrary, #Luke 9:48he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves. 27#(Luke 12:37)For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet #Matt. 20:28; John 13:13, 14; Phil. 2:7I am among you as the One who serves.
28“But you are those who have continued with Me in #(Heb. 2:18; 4:15)My trials. 29And #Matt. 24:47I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me, 30that #(Matt. 8:11; Rev. 19:9)you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, #Ps. 49:14; (Matt. 19:28; 1 Cor. 6:2; Rev. 3:21)and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
31And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, #1 Pet. 5:8Satan has asked for you, that he may #Amos 9:9sift you as wheat. 32But #(John 17:9, 11, 15)I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, #John 21:15–17; Acts 1:15; 2:14; 2 Pet. 1:10–15strengthen your brethren.”
33But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.”
34#Matt. 26:33–35; Mark 14:29–31; Luke 22:61; John 13:37, 38Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”
Supplies for the Road
35#Matt. 10:9; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; 10:4And He said to them, “When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?”
So they said, “Nothing.”
36Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. 37For I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in Me: #Is. 53:12; Matt. 27:38; Mark 15:28; Luke 22:32‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For the things concerning Me have an end.”
38So they said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.”
And He said to them, “It is enough.”
The Prayer in the Garden
39#Matt. 26:36; John 18:1Coming out, #Luke 21:37He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. 40#Matt. 26:36–46; Mark 14:32–42When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
41#Matt. 26:39; Mark 14:35; (Luke 18:11–14)And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, 42saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless #Is. 50:5; John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38; 8:29not My will, but Yours, be done.” 43Then #Matt. 4:11an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. 44#John 12:27; (Heb. 5:7)And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
45When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow. 46Then He said to them, “Why #Luke 9:32do you sleep? Rise and #1 Chr. 16:11; Luke 22:40; (Eph. 6:18); 1 Thess. 5:17pray, lest you enter into temptation.”
Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane
47And while He was still speaking, #Matt. 26:47–56; Mark 14:43–50; John 18:3–11behold, a multitude; and he who was called #Ps. 41:9; Matt. 20:18; Luke 9:44; 22:21; Acts 1:16, 17Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss Him. 48But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a #(Prov. 27:6)kiss?”
49When those around Him saw what was going to happen, they said to Him, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?” 50And #Matt. 26:51one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear.
51But Jesus answered and said, “Permit even this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.
52#Matt. 26:55Then Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and the elders who had come to Him, “Have you come out, as against a #Luke 23:32robber, with swords and clubs? 53When I was with you daily in the #Luke 19:47, 48temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your #(John 12:27)hour, and the power of darkness.”
Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps Bitterly
54#Is. 53:7, 8; Matt. 26:57; Mark 14:53; Luke 9:44; Acts 8:32Having arrested Him, they led Him and brought Him into the high priest’s house. #Matt. 26:58; Mark 14:54; John 18:15But Peter followed at a distance. 55#Matt. 26:69–75; Mark 14:66–72; John 18:15, 17, 18Now when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. 56And a certain servant girl, seeing him as he sat by the fire, looked intently at him and said, “This man was also with Him.”
57But he denied Him, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.”
58#Matt. 26:71; Mark 14:69; John 18:25And after a little while another saw him and said, “You also are of them.”
But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”
59#Matt. 26:73; Mark 14:70; John 18:26Then after about an hour had passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Surely this fellow also was with Him, for he is a #Acts 1:11; 2:7Galilean.”
60But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying!”
Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. 61And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then #Matt. 26:75; Mark 14:72Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, #Matt. 26:34, 75; Mark 14:30; Luke 22:34; John 13:38“Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” 62So Peter went out and wept bitterly.
Jesus Mocked and Beaten
63#Ps. 69:1, 4, 7–9; Matt. 26:67, 68; Mark 14:65; John 18:22Now the men who held Jesus mocked Him and #Job 16:10; Is. 50:6; Lam. 3:30beat Him. 64And having blindfolded Him, they #Zech. 13:7struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck You?” 65And many other things they blasphemously spoke against Him.
Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin
66#Matt. 27:1; Mark 15:1As soon as it was day, #Ps. 2:2; Acts 4:26the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, came together and led Him into their council, saying, 67#Matt. 26:63–66; Mark 14:61–63; Luke 22:67–71; John 18:19–21“If You are the Christ, tell us.”
But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will #Luke 20:5–7by no means believe. 68And if I also ask you, you will by no means answer Me or let Me go. 69#(Ps. 110:1; Matt. 26:64; Mark 14:62; 16:19); Acts 2:33; 7:55; Eph. 1:20; Col. 3:1; Heb. 1:3; 8:1Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of God.”
70Then they all said, “Are You then the Son of God?”
So He said to them, #Matt. 26:64; 27:11; Mark 14:62; Luke 1:35“You rightly say that I am.”
71#Matt. 26:65; Mark 14:63; John 19:7And they said, “What further testimony do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth.”
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Luke 22
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Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
1The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is also called Passover, was approaching. 2The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people’s reaction.
3Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples, 4and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them. 5They were delighted, and they promised to give him money. 6So he agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus so they could arrest him when the crowds weren’t around.
The Last Supper
7Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed. 8Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, “Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we can eat it together.”
9“Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.
10He replied, “As soon as you enter Jerusalem, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him. At the house he enters, 11say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 12He will take you upstairs to a large room that is already set up. That is where you should prepare our meal.” 13They went off to the city and found everything just as Jesus had said, and they prepared the Passover meal there.
14When the time came, Jesus and the apostles sat down together at the table.#22:14 Or reclined together. 15Jesus said, “I have been very eager to eat this Passover meal with you before my suffering begins. 16For I tell you now that I won’t eat this meal again until its meaning is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”
17Then he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. Then he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. 18For I will not drink wine again until the Kingdom of God has come.”
19He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
20After supper he took another cup of wine and said, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.#22:19-20 Some manuscripts do not include 22:19b-20, which is given for you . . . which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.
21 “But here at this table, sitting among us as a friend, is the man who will betray me. 22For it has been determined that the Son of Man#22:22 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself. must die. But what sorrow awaits the one who betrays him.” 23The disciples began to ask each other which of them would ever do such a thing.
24Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. 25Jesus told them, “In this world the kings and great men lord it over their people, yet they are called ‘friends of the people.’ 26But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant. 27Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves.
28 “You have stayed with me in my time of trial. 29And just as my Father has granted me a Kingdom, I now grant you the right 30to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. 32But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers.”
33Peter said, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you, and even to die with you.”
34But Jesus said, “Peter, let me tell you something. Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.”
35Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out to preach the Good News and you did not have money, a traveler’s bag, or an extra pair of sandals, did you need anything?”
“No,” they replied.
36 “But now,” he said, “take your money and a traveler’s bag. And if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one! 37For the time has come for this prophecy about me to be fulfilled: ‘He was counted among the rebels.’#22:37 Isa 53:12. Yes, everything written about me by the prophets will come true.”
38“Look, Lord,” they replied, “we have two swords among us.”
“That’s enough,” he said.
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
39Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went as usual to the Mount of Olives. 40There he told them, “Pray that you will not give in to temptation.”
41He walked away, about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, 42“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” 43Then an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened him. 44He prayed more fervently, and he was in such agony of spirit that his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood.#22:43-44 Verses 43 and 44 are not included in the most ancient manuscripts.
45At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief. 46“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation.”
Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested
47But even as Jesus said this, a crowd approached, led by Judas, one of the twelve disciples. Judas walked over to Jesus to greet him with a kiss. 48But Jesus said, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?”
49When the other disciples saw what was about to happen, they exclaimed, “Lord, should we fight? We brought the swords!” 50And one of them struck at the high priest’s slave, slashing off his right ear.
51But Jesus said, “No more of this.” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.
52Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests, the captains of the Temple guard, and the elders who had come for him. “Am I some dangerous revolutionary,” he asked, “that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? 53Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there every day. But this is your moment, the time when the power of darkness reigns.”
Peter Denies Jesus
54So they arrested him and led him to the high priest’s home. And Peter followed at a distance. 55The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them there. 56A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!”
57But Peter denied it. “Woman,” he said, “I don’t even know him!”
58After a while someone else looked at him and said, “You must be one of them!”
“No, man, I’m not!” Peter retorted.
59About an hour later someone else insisted, “This must be one of them, because he is a Galilean, too.”
60But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
61At that moment the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Suddenly, the Lord’s words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.” 62And Peter left the courtyard, weeping bitterly.
63The guards in charge of Jesus began mocking and beating him. 64They blindfolded him and said, “Prophesy to us! Who hit you that time?” 65And they hurled all sorts of terrible insults at him.
Jesus before the Council
66At daybreak all the elders of the people assembled, including the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. Jesus was led before this high council,#22:66 Greek before their Sanhedrin. 67and they said, “Tell us, are you the Messiah?”
But he replied, “If I tell you, you won’t believe me. 68And if I ask you a question, you won’t answer. 69But from now on the Son of Man will be seated in the place of power at God’s right hand.#22:69 See Ps 110:1.”
70They all shouted, “So, are you claiming to be the Son of God?”
And he replied, “You say that I am.”
71“Why do we need other witnesses?” they said. “We ourselves heard him say it.”
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