Lesson 5196

 (Lesson 5196)(04-27-26) Matthew 26:26-30 

   “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.” 

 

    Today’s quote relates that, during the Passover meal, Jesus took bread and wine, blessed and identified them as his body and his blood of the New Testament shed for many for the remission of sins. Jesus declared he would not drink the fruit of the vine again until he drank it new with them in his Father's kingdom before they sang a hymn and departed for the mount of Olives and Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. ~ 

Lesson 5195

 (Lesson 5195)(04-26-26) Matthew 26:17-25 

   “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? 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. And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.” 

 

   Today’s quote relates that, during the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, Jesus identified his impending betrayal by one of the twelve disciples while they gathered to eat the Passover meal. ~ 

Lesson 5194

 (Lesson 5194)(04-25-26) Matthew 26:14-16 

 

   “Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 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. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.” 

 

   Today’s quote relates how Judas set the betrayal of Jesus in motion by selling out to the Jewish authorities for thirty pieces of silver. ~ 

Lesson 5193

(Lesson 5193)(04-24-26) Matthew 26:6-13 

    Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. 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.“ 

 

   Today’s quote relates that, while Jesus was in Bethany, a woman anointed his head with precious ointment. Despite the disciples' criticism of the perceived waste, Jesus defended her act as a beautiful work that prepared him for his burial, declaring that wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what she had done should be told as a memorial of her. When was the last time you heard a preacher mention that woman? ~ 

Lesson 5192

 (Lesson 5192)(04-23-26) Matthew 26:1-5 

   “And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.” 

 

   Today’s quote records the conspiracy of the Jewish religious leadership and the high priest Caiaphas as they plotted to seize Jesus by trickery and put him to death, while strategically deciding to avoid the public uprising that an arrest of Jesus, during the feast of the Passover, would trigger. ~