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Passover
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.
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The high point of the Feast of Unleavened Bread is Passover, the annual celebration of the death angel passing over blood-applied homes of Israelites when they were in Egypt.
Passover involves a meal of which the centerpiece is the source of the blood that was applied to their doorposts, the Passover Lamb.
However, none of the Gospels mention the preparation or eating of the lamb in connection to the last supper of Jesus and the Twelve.
Some scholars speculate that Jesus himself presented himself as the Lamb because he gave them the bread to eat and told the disciples that it was his body that was given.
“This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” [New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .]
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .
The Feast of Unleavened Bread was a week-long remembrance that consecrated the coming season.
It may be considered an extension of the Passover feast rather than an independent holiday.
The biblical texts intertwine the two feasts, with the Passover celebrated on the first day of the feast—the 14th of Abib—and the Feast of Unleavened Bread celebrated on the following day (Exod 13:3–10; Lev 23:4–8).
The Feast of Unleavened Bread continued for seven days and required daily offerings.
The feast demanded a rejection of leavened bread from the Israelites’ meals, households, and storage places (Deut 16:4).
It concluded with a convocation and rest from laborious activity (Lev 23:8).
Preparation for Passover involved travel to Jerusalem and ritual purification before the feast.
(John 11:55)
The chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.
When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,
2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.”
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;
4 and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
5 But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.”
Chief priests ἀρχιερεύς (one of whom was responsible to take the sacrificial blood into the Holy of Holies on the Day of Atonement to sprinkle it upon the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant which was inside the Holy of Holies) and scribes (experts in Jewish law),
When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,
2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.”
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;
4 and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
…the religious leadership, took initiative to find justification for the execution of Jesus.
5 But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.”
Judas provided the opportunity through the weakness of his avarice, greed.
1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
2 So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.
3 Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, *said,
5 “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?”
6 Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it.
7 Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.
8 “For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”
New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Mt 26:1–5.
and scribes (experts in Jewish law)
Judas Iscariot had been trusted by Jesus.
But then, Judas helped himself.
(ESV)
Then, Judas entertained the devil’s plan for betrayal.
During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,
3 And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, belonging to the number of the twelve.
4 And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might betray Him to them.
5 They were glad and agreed to give him money.
6 So he consented, and began seeking a good opportunity to betray Him to them apart from the crowd.
And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, belonging to the number of the twelve.
4 And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might betray Him to them.
During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him
Then, Judas opened up completely for Satan to enter him.
Jesus then *answered, “That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him.”
So when He had dipped the morsel, He *took and *gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
27 After the morsel, Satan then entered into him.
Therefore Jesus *said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.
26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.”
So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
27 Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him.
The devil looks for opportunities.
and do not give the devil an opportunity.
27 and give no opportunity to the devil.
The devil seeks someone to devour.
8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert.
Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
9 aBut resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.
8 Be sober-minded; be watchful.
Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
The devil can be resisted.
The devil can be resisted.
Submit therefore to God.
Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Sovereignty vs. Free Will
Both are true
God is sovereign.
Judas is responsible for his decisions and actions.
For me, this passage () demonstrates God’s sovereign authority to govern us without over-riding human freedom and accountability.
In Judas’ instance, the entrance of Satan appears to be part of a greater plan to fulfill the need for Jesus to die upon the cross.
Neither the foreknowledge of God nor the presence of Satan, relieve Judas of the responsibility for his own decisions and actions.
God is sovereign.
Judas is responsible for his decisions and actions.
In Judas’ instance, the entrance of Satan appears to be part of a greater plan to fulfill the need for Jesus to die upon the cross.
Neither the foreknowledge of God nor the presence of Satan, relieve Judas of the responsibility for his own decisions and actions.
Clerow “Flip” Wilson Jr., the American comedian and television host from the 1970s, as Geraldine Jones said, “The devil made me do it.”
as if Geraldine was not accountable for her choices and behaviors.
“The devil made me buy this dress.”
Judas
In , we saw were told that, when Christ is the permanent resident upon the throne of your heart-palace, no devil can enter.
Praise
Ἰούδας
יְהוּדָה [Yâhuwdah /yeh·hoo·daw/]
יְהוּדָה
יְהוּדָה
[Yâhuwdah /yeh·hoo·daw/]
1 the son of Jacob by Leah.
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