And so Jesus then responds to him, and. But it was not the dissolution of that system only, but of the power of death itself; for the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after His resurrection, the witness of the value of His death, though not declared till after His resurrection. Then the high priest tore his clothes saying, He has spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of any witnesses? As such, I was authorized by the bank under very strict circumstances to sign cashier's checks - sometimes very large. of his parentage and education: and this was to be that very Disciples failure foretold (Matthew 26:31-35; Mark 14:27-31; Luke 22:24-38; John 13:36-38)Despite all that Jesus had shown and taught his And they were exceeding sorrowful, and they began every one of them to say to him, Lord, is it I? Thus, on their own negative ground of objection, they were altogether in error. God also hates pride as it always sets us up for a fall. (iii) There was a paste called the Charosheth. And this waste, this extravagant waste upon Jesus, when the money could have been given to the poor, and Judas comes out as the shining hero. This suits Matthew's view of the prophecy; and the reason is plain. A double proof of this appears in what has been just advanced. Was the Spirit of God then acting mightily in the heart of one who loved the Saviour? "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall, the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heaven shall be shaken: and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. But so it was, alas! When Jesus knew what they were saying, he said to them, "Why do you distress the woman? The lasting impression of this whole story is not of Peter's cowardice, but of Peter's love. And that isn't really the spitting of the saliva that is in your mouth, they really dig deep. No one can read this passage without being struck with the staggering honesty of the New Testament. The presumption of Peter, that he should keep his integrity, whatever happened (Mt 26:33); Though all men be offended, yet will I never be offended. For I say unto you, that it behooveth that which has been written yet to be fulfilled in Me, And He was numbered with the transgressors [Isaiah 53:12]; and those things concerning Me have an end. He was on his way to Calvary, but he was also on his way to a throne. He was torn between two feelings. 31. . And Jesus wakes them up and sort of chides them, "could you not watch one hour, watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation?" We now gather together the passages which tell the story of Peter. Web1. Going round in Jerusalem, men, as a rule, had no visible weapons; but traveling through the country, all we met were armed with guns, swords, or huge clubs, almost as large as an American rifle, and convenient to kill a man with a single stroke. Peter went further this time; not only did he swear that he did not know Jesus; he actually cursed his Master's name. The reason, I apprehend, was this, Matthew sets before us that while He was the rejected Messiah, though now risen, He not only reverted to His relations in the despised part of the land with His disciples, but gives, in this accepted worship of the daughters of Galilee, the pledge of His special association with the Jews in the latter day; for it is precisely thus that they will look for the Lord. I believe at that moment Peter believed what he was saying to be absolutely true. And how ready such persons are to set about teaching those by whom they profess to be taught! To Matthew, acting according to what was given him of the Spirit, there was no sufficient reason to enter into points which did not bear dispensationally upon Israel. The Sadducees denied resurrection, and put a case which to their mind involved insuperable difficulties. Amen. This was the last Passover in Then He said to them, But now, let the one having purse take it, likewise also valise; and let every one not having a sword, sell his cloak and purchase one. Celsus, the pagan philosopher who attacked Christianity, used that sentence as an argument that Jesus tried to run away. If they owned John, they must bow to the authority of Jesus; if they rejected John, they feared the people. But it does show us the folly of vows that are made predicated upon the ability of our flesh. If we had only the gospel of Matthew, we should possess no record of this wonderful fact: so striking is the omission, that a well-known commentary, Mr. Alford's first edition, broached the rash and irreverent hypothesis founded upon it, that our Matthew is an incomplete Greek version of the Hebrew original, because there was no such record; for it was impossible, in the opinion of that writer, that an apostle could have omitted a description of that event. But let it be not as I will, but as you will." But the only weapon that Jesus will ever use is the weapon of love's appeal. Judas, therefore, sold Jesus for less than five pounds. And I say unto you, that wherever the gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this be declared, that this woman has done, and told for a memorial of her ( Matthew 26:9-13 ). (i) The terrible thing about sin is that we cannot put the clock back. Jesus saith unto them [such is the application], Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. (i) The Passover Feast was a commemoration of deliverance; its whole intention was to remind the people of Israel of how God had liberated them from slavery in Egypt. the King. Copyright 2022, Bible Study Tools. Of course you just know it anyhow, wouldn't you. But the mob which surged after Judas to the Garden was more like a mob for a lynching than a detachment for an orderly arrest. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to provide the direction of Jesus in every Believer. For the world, death is either borne with the obduracy that dares all because it believes nothing, or it is a pang as the end of present enjoyment, the sombre portal of they know not what beyond. There are some differences of expression in each version, so it wil Matthew 26:2 . The forces at the disposal of the Jewish authorities were the Temple police, under the command of the Sagan, or Captain of the Temple. 149. (Matthew 28:1-20) That morning, very early, when there were none there but the guards, the angel of the Lord. To the Sadducee there was no part of Scripture possessed of such authority as the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses. And that would explain why Judas was shattered into suicide when his plan went wrong. It was just a time of feasting. It is to swell the great capital of tradition out of those that once served God, but are now gone, whose testimony, is no longer a sting to the guilty. Let there be any rioting and certainly Caiaphas would lose his position. And under the old covenant man approached God through a priest, who offered a sacrifice for that man and for that man's sin. If we accept the traditional text of the printers, we are on this ground; if, on the contrary, we reject human meddling as a principle, assuredly we ought not to accredit such clauses as this, which we have the strongest grounds to pronounce a mere interpolation, and not truly the word of God. It may well be that when Judas laid information against him, he also told the Jewish authorities about Jesus' revelation of his own Messiahship. Matthew presented Jesus as knowing exactly what lay ahead of Him. During the Passover Feast all Jews were supposed to stay within the boundaries of the city, but the numbers made that impossible; and for official purposes villages like Bethany, where Jesus was staying, ranked as the city. F25, it is a prophecy of the great wars I will go before you.As a shepherd. Don't you realize that I could pray to the Father, and he would presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? There is really nothing towards God and man like the death of Christ. And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and he blessed it, and he broke it, and he gave it to the disciples, and he said, Take, eat; this is my body ( Matthew 26:25-26 ). How had they treated certain persons that the King calls His brethren? night, for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep How the disciples should I. But here he supposeth it stronger, when he puts it to the peril of life; Though I should die with thee. "Then" (Gr. The chief priests took the money. Jesus said to him, "This is the truth I tell you--During this night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." Olivet, the valley of Jehoshaphat (Kedron), suggestive of prophetic Matthew is quoting from memory; and the quotation which he makes is, in fact, not from Jeremiah but from Zechariah. A pastoral However this story ends, it begins with Peter the one brave man. What is it that these witness against you?" This he said, signifying what death he should die.". What we find here is a process of gathering the chosen, not merely of the Jews, but of all Isaiah, as I suppose, from the four winds of heaven. Note, It argues a great degree of self-conceit and self-confidence, to think ourselves either safe from the temptations, or free from the corruptions, that are common to men. Note, 1. Jesus predicts Peter's denial Matthew 26:31-35; Mark 14:27-31; Luke But the sinner and the believer must not be confounded together, for there is an immense difference between the two things. In prayer a man kneels before God that he may stand erect before men. In the old days the office of High Priest had been hereditary and had been for life; but when the Romans took over in Palestine, High Priests came and went in rapid series, for the Romans erected and deposed High Priests to suit their own purposes. That they should all be offended because of Christ that very night; that is, they would all be so frightened with the sufferings, that they would not have the courage to cleave to him in them, but would all basely desert him; Because of me this night, en emoi en te nykti taute--because of me, even because of this night; so it might be read; that is, because of what happens to me this night. There are certain things a man must face and certain decisions a man must make in the awful loneliness of his own soul; there are times when other helpers fade and comforts flee; but in that loneliness there is for us the presence of One who, in Gethsemane, experienced it and came through it. This is affirmed here to have reference to the Saviour, and to be fulfilled in him. For it has been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered. (Zechariah 13:7) The application of this is very plain and simple, as it was fulfilled in Gethsemane about three hours after this utterance. All rights reserved. It is not Jesus who can be changed by us, but we who must be changed by Jesus. For the exposition, see on [1363]Lu 22:31-38. all ye shall be offended because of me this night. The word "converted" there is a translation of the Greek word "epistrepho," which means "to return to a point or area where one has been before." He answered, "He who dips his hand with me in the dish, it is he who will betray me. The question which comes before His throne, and decides their eternal lot, does not consist of the secrets of the heart then laid bare, nor their general life, but of their behaviour to His messengers. And when Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? As we have already seen, the actions of Judas may spring from one of two motives. The prophecy of the denial: THEN SAITH JESUS UNTO THEM, ALL YE SHALL BE OFFENDED BECAUSE OF ME Had not these disciples followed Him long? I would never deny you." He went a little way forward and fell on his face in prayer. CHAPTER 26 Like it, they, too, were full of promise; like its abundant foliage, they lacked not fair profession, but there was no fruit. His scope excluded such details, and, I am persuaded, rightly so, according to the mind of God's Spirit. Boasting in the flesh. How God brought it all to pass is another question, which, of course, it is not for us to answer. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. The first denial happened in the courtyard; no doubt the maid-servant had marked Peter as one of the most prominent followers of Jesus and had recognized him. 13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. There are some temptations and offences, the effects of which are general and universal among Christs disciples; All you shall be offended. The main business of the night meeting of the Jewish authorities was to formulate a charge against Jesus. Second, he confronts him with himself. Here, in Matthew, we have not only God's grace, but a kind of history, very strikingly embracing the destruction of Jerusalem, on which Luke is here silent. Article Images Copyright 2022 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The salient question is this--was the meeting during the night an official meeting of the Sanhedrin, hastily summoned, or was it merely a preliminary examination, in order to formulate a charge, and was the meeting in the morning the official meeting of the Sanhedrin? And there is one last thing to be said--it was love which gave Peter that courage; it was love which riveted him there in spite of the fact that he had been recognized three times; it was love which made him remember the words of Jesus; it was love which sent him out into the night to weep--and it is love which covers a multitude of sins. When Jesus seeks to stop a man from sinning, he does two things. To him there is no need whatever of the language they have heard; of the primary warning; of the subsequent re-assurance; least of all, of the first. Of course he had already made the agreement, he knew it was him, he had already made the covenant. So far from that, he tells them that when that terrible time is past, he will meet them again. There is a word here which is a key word and enshrines the whole of Jesus' work and intention. Shall be scattered abroad - This refers to their fleeing, and it was fulfilled in that. He maintains, too, every affection in its fulness. He obviously has been thinking in terms of the establishment of an earthly kingdom up to this point as well. No fruit ever sprang from that generation. Yet He is so far, in all this, from having the sympathy of His own disciples, that He cannot even persuade them that there is any necessity for it. On the Thursday morning every particle of leaven was destroyed, after a ceremonial search throughout the house. But Peter supposes it possible that some, nay that all, might be offended, and yet he escape better than any. Watch and pray lest you enter into testing. But if I learn that I am weak, that I can't do it, and I learn to trust in the Lord and to trust in His strength and trust in His ability, then I have unlimited strength and unlimited ability. The Apostles' Cowardice Foretold. be midnight: for since the last evening, or sun setting, they had The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 What further need have we of witnesses? But the want of oil is fatal. [3.] Caiaphas the appointment of the Roman government, and Annas the accepted one by the people, the religious people. It is far more likely that in one stunning, blinding, staggering, searing moment Judas saw how he had miscalculated and staggered away into the night a for ever broken and for ever haunted man. He foresaw what would inevitably happen and yet he went on. How affecting is this scene, on the one hand! It might have been that, if Judas had remained true to Jesus, he would have died a martyr's death; but, because he wanted his own way too much, he died by his own hand. See note ch. 14:27; Luke 22:31; John 13:34. The second coming of Jesus Christ takes place later when Jesus actually comes back to earth to establish the earthly rule about which Jesus had been speaking in earlier discourses (see notes on Matthew 24-25), Jesus talks of a revelation of God, the Father (John 14:7-14). What do you mean build it in three days?" But if we shall say, Of men, we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet." Much is seen by Him which is hidden from them. Will I not deny thee - Will not deny my connection with thee, or that I knew thee. Despite all that Jesus had shown and taught his disciples about humility, and in spite of the death he was about to die for them, they were still arguing about who was the greatest among them. He came to liberate men from fear and from sin. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Oh give thanks to the Lord of lords for His mercy endures forever. Then He applies further this prediction about the stone, connecting, it would appear, the allusion inPsalms 118:1-29; Psalms 118:1-29 with the prophecy ofDaniel 2:1-49; Daniel 2:1-49. and they challenged Him on the issue. Criminal cases could not be transacted during the Passover season at all. The only question before their minds was, what answer would be politic? Let me say in passing, that these virgins are distinguished from those who will be called in the end of the age by broad and deep differences. It corresponds in "After I have been raised," he says, "I will go before you into Galilee." But the elect are here warned graciously of the Saviour, and far, far beyond any guards afforded in the prophecies of the Old Testament. approaching sufferings, they should all of them be so exceedingly Mark 14:37 ) , Jesus emphasized that the disciples would desert Him very soon, that very night. He was to be smitten, and they were to be scattered (Matthew 26:31; Zechariah 13:7: see also 1 Kings 22:17). How good it is thus to raise up a witness, never indeed to leave it absolutely lacking, not even on the road to Jerusalem alas! He supposed the temptation strong, when he said, Though all men do it, yet will not I. From this table our Lord goes to Gethsemane, and His agony there. Further, why should any identification of Jesus have been necessary? He threw the money into the Temple and went away. How little it was in her eyes, how precious in His, spent on one whom she loved, for whom she felt the impending danger; for love is quick to feel, and feels more truly than man's most sharpened prudence. Matthew 26:32. 18-22), without distinguishing the curse of the one day from the manifestation of its accomplishment on the day following. (ii) He chose to die because he knew that his death was the purpose of God. After Peter received the fiery baptism, he was more than a match for earth and hell, living a hero and dying a martyr. Matthew simply tells us that one of the disciples drew a knife and, prepared to resist to the death and to sell his life dearly, wounded a servant of the High Priest. In that day there were no firearms, the sword being the most common weapon of defense; also regarded as a badge of itinerancy. IV. It was for the Passover Feast that Jesus had come to Jerusalem. 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offendedb because of thee, yet will I never be offended. unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and And he said to Him, Lord, I am ready to go with Thee to prison, and to death. Mark 14:30 : And Jesus says to him, Truly I say unto thee, that this night, before the cock crows twice, thou shall deny Me thrice. I John 5:14-15 (see notes) provides valuable insight into this issue of prayer where John writes, "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him." "Lord, that our eyes should be opened." So that as God begins to do the work in and through our lives we will not be taking the credit, or the glory for the work that God has done. The Betrayal. (8) Christ, here taking more care of his disciples than of himself, forewarns them of their falling away, and provides them with some comfort. On the second mission, not the first, it is said, "All things are ready." That which made its barrenness evident was the fact that it was not yet the time of figs. This, as we are told by the evangelist, came to pass that the word of the prophet should be fulfilled: "Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek [for such meekness was the character of His presentation as yet], and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass." (ii) A collection of bitter herbs had to be prepared, composed of horse-radish, chicory, endive, lettuce, horehound and the like. II. Lord just really help Peter. And of course he found out in a little while. Josephus tells us of an occasion when an actual census of the people was taken (Josephus, Wars of the Jews, 6. Next follows the parable of the ten virgins; then, last of these, is that of the talents. For His testimony to the truth they consummated their worst deed; and this doubly, before the high priest as well as before the governor. What is your opinion?" V1 When Jesus had finished teaching those things, he spoke again to There is no hint of resurrection or of rapture to heaven here. Matthew did not present them in strict chronological order but in a logical narrative order. II. how best to get rid of the difficulty? (iv) We see the courage of Jesus. The Jews cannot object to this, when their own interpreters in general explain it thus, , "God shall cut off the shepherd" a. Once again Peter was accused of being a follower of Jesus. He imagined that in the hour of temptation he should come off better than any of them, and Christ tells him that he should come off worse. I will smite - This is the language of God the Father. because of me during this night; for it stands written, 'I will smite That is, looking at Him was such a shocking experience, you couldn't stand to see it. If this be true, at that moment Judas entered the hell which he had created for himself, for the worst kind of hell is the full realization of the terrible consequences of sin. _After two day is the passover._ This is the literal which they expected would now quickly be set up, and they be This acts on the virgins, wise and foolish. In the gospel of Luke there is a similar one, though it might be too much to affirm that it is the same. WebMatthew Henry's Concise Commentary. Garments were rent in a kind of synthetic and hysterical horror; and Jesus was condemned to death. Between 37 B.C. But after I have been raised, I will go before you into Galilee." Christ had lately discovered to them the treachery of Judas; but let not the rest be secure; though there will be but one traitor, they will be all deserters. Matthew, writing under the Holy Ghost's direction for Israel, in view both of the consequences of their past unfaithfulness and of that future crisis, furnishes alike the momentous question and the Lord's special answer to it. It's only used twice in the New Testament - here and verse 23 where it is translated "abode." Then, from verse 15, come the details of Daniel's special last half week, whose prophecy is emphatically appealed to. But He who came full of grace and truth never lowered the law, and at once gives its sum and substance in both its parts Godward and manward. It is not merely a man making a feast for those that have nothing that we have fully in Luke; but here rather the king bent upon the glorification of his son. Incidentally, the Greek word for "mansion" in verse 2 is "mone." It was indeed the power of the Spirit of God that controlled his heart; even as to Christ "the porter opened." Still less did the blessing tarry for the sons of men. And after awhile there came unto him those who were standing by, and they said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for your speech gives you away. I affirm, then, in the strictest sense, that divine design is stamped upon each, and that consistency of purpose is found everywhere in all the gospels. (w) Isaac Chizzuk Emuna, par. The Orientals wear two garments the cheiton, interior, and the himation, exterior. He could have used his power to blast Judas, to paralyse him, to render him helpless, even to kill him. The very prize he won by sinning can come to disgust and to revolt and to repel him, until his one desire is to fling it from him. We are not told that our Lord rose at that time; still less is it said that the angel of the Lord rolled away the stone for Him. Jesus knew, although no other knew, what Judas was about. Jesus goes into great detail giving perspective to the disciples on what to expect. They were led and taught of God. They, too, are as much proof as was Peter himself to this second warning of Christ. That which I promised God I would never do. Their real character would soon appear, hypocrites though they were, and a serpent brood: how could they escape the judgment of hell? That herein the scripture would be fulfilled; I will smite the Shepherd. For he supposed the thing to be so bad, that no man would do it. That he shall do this three times in succession. And then of course it was that night that Judas came in the garden of Gethsemane, and the following day, which would have been the day of the feast of the Passover, is when Jesus was crucified. But here he supposeth it stronger, when he puts it to the peril of life; Though I should die with thee. He knew what he should do--rather die with Christ than deny him, it was the condition of discipleship (Luke 14:26); and he thought what he would do--never be false to his Master whatever it cost him; yet, it proved, he was. stumble, as to be ready to fall from him: and their faith in him This is the more remarkable because, in the instances of the two demoniacs, or the two blind men in Matthew, Mark, like Luke, speaks only of one. And the disciples did as Jesus instructed them, and made the preparations for the Passover. "Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests." How then did the High Priest know to ask the question the answer to which Jesus could not escape? Jesus rose from his knees to go out to the battle of life. Bethany. Before the cook crow.The crowing of cocks during the stillness of the night is quite a feature in Oriental life, and nowhere more so than in and around Jerusalem. As to them, on the other hand: that, though they were to be scattered, they were not to be so for ever; that, if presently offended with Him, they should confess Him afterwards, and follow Him as before. There are times in these last scenes of the gospel story when Jesus and Judas seem to be in a world where there is none other present except themselves. Yet did Jesus die on that day according to God's word. Life isnt about controlling things but about letting God control you. Ann Voskamp. At the house of Bethany Jesus is now found. other things, occasioned by the fruit of the vine, they had been traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once And now the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; but they found none; though many people bore witness, yet they really didn't find any that they could use. On the whole, it seems that Matthew took the night meeting to be a meeting of the Sanhedrin, for in Matthew 26:59 he says that the whole Sanhedrin sought for false witness to put Jesus to death. Ezra, R. David Kimchi, & Miclol Yophi in loc. They suddenly just sort of disappeared in the darkness of the garden, and the attention was upon Jesus, and He was alone. And then they would cry out, Prophesy, who was it, name me, who was it that hit you? just drinking of, recorded in the 15th and 16th chapters of John; To be without or within will be no protection. For you always have the poor with you, but you have not me always. But Peter followed Him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and he went in, and he sat with the servants, to see the end. you might ask. Who were they, to raise the question of His authority? is thy servant a dog? How my heart goes out to Peter, because I can identify with Peter. They did their will in point of guilt, but it was never accomplished as they desired. Peters repeated assurances of his fidelity (Mt 26:35); Though I should die with thee. THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM. At the Passover time the atmosphere in Jerusalem was always explosive. He went further. The Final Passover And The Declaration Of The New Covenant (26:20-35). pressed on Him by the prince of this world, who nevertheless found nothing in Him. A lot of people say, oh how can he take all that punishment? meal. The whole thing, the pressure began to come upon Jesus at this point. disciples going to Emmaus, seem to intimate; they would be so shocked with this sad disappointment, and so offended, or And he said unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me ( Matthew 26:38 ). In Matthew, as we saw the providential dealing with the Jews, so we find the closing scene very particularly described, when the king judges individually in the day that is coming. he demanded. He thought that he should never once do such a thing; but Christ tells him that he would do it again and again; for, when once our feet begin to slip, it is hard to recover our standing again. It isn't a question of my love. There was, in fact, a regulation in the Jewish law that it was illegal to keep cocks and hens in the Holy City, because they defiled the holy things. And Jesus said, You said it. When Judas told the armed mob that he would indicate the man whom they had come to arrest by a kiss, the word he uses is the Greek word philein ( G5368) , which is the normal word for a kiss; but when it is said that Judas actually did kiss Jesus, the word used is kataphilein ( G2705) , which is the word for a lover's kiss, and means to kiss repeatedly and fervently. OFFENDED; made to stumble. See the contents of Psalms 113. Thats why Jesus tells them in Gethsemane to watch and pray for the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Probably there is an interval of several hours designated by that colon. Well you learn to give with the blows. And then all of the disciples forsook him, and fled ( Matthew 26:55-56 ). There is a proneness in all of us to be over-confident. However, Peter is very adamant that, though all the other disciples may deny Jesus, he absolutely, positively would not - to the death. However, in Luke 22:32 Jesus expresses confidence in Peter after the denial when he says, "But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." Jesus said to him, "Comrade, get on with the deed for which you have come!" I also am guilty of denying the Lord by actions, by deeds, denying the Lordship of Jesus Christ.The comforting thing to me is the fact that Peter was restored. Peter insisted. THE PREDICTION OF PETER'S DENIAL. Jesus, according to our evangelist's account, comes to the temple and cleanses it. "We cannot," they said, "put these into the treasury, for they are the price of blood." But now, as the woman had her token for Jesus, and in it her own memorial, wherever, whenever the gospel of the kingdom is preached in the whole world, so Jesus next institutes the standing, undying token of His dying love. Matthew 26:31. THE OUTWORKING OF THE PASSOVER FEAST (26:31-32). Our bodies are marvelously designed, and we have tremendous reflex actions. Immediately there went up the cry of blasphemy. Father use him as the instrument to strengthen the others, when you've done your work in him.Jesus said, "Peter I have prayed for you that your faith fail thee not, and when thou art converted strengthen your brothers." The suitability of such instruction to this gospel of Matthew is also obvious, as indeed here only it is found. And so Judas turning against Christ, seeking now to betray Him, looking for the opportunity. Jesus before Caiaphas and But the substance, the body is of Christ". See, on the other hand, how this second warning was met. It is the word covenant. What could be more appropriate to that time, what more profoundly true for all time, yea, for eternity? He is as confident, in a word, in his ignorance as Christ is in His light. Jesus has talked a great deal about the Kingdom on earth through his ministry. God does not coerce; God only appeals. No critic of weight considers that these words have any just claim to be in the text that is founded on ancient authority. How he fancied himself better armed against temptation than any one else, and this was his weakness and folly; Though all men shall be offended yet will not I. And then it was told also by Zechariah that the silver would be cast down in the house of the Lord, and used to buy a potter's field. WebMatthew 26:31-35. king of the Ishmaelites, or of the Turks; and a third F24, that What Jesus was saying at the Last Supper was this: "Because of my life, and above all because of my death, a new relationship has become possible between you and God." If I have to serve Him, I do well to learn and ponder His every word and way; and in this the style and mode of Mark's gospel is invaluable. Peter and Judas.What is the difference between the sin of Peter and the sin of Judas? 1. c. 37. p. 310. Then saith Jesus unto them While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept." And therein precisely there lay his problem. Accordingly this is what we find here. And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount The difference in form is as slight in ALL SHALL BE OFFENDED First, He takes up sinful men where natural conscience works, and where conscience is gone. God has given to each of us a talent. God will always provide for me a door of escape when tempted. of II. Though Jesus was deserted by His disciples, yet the disciples were not deserted by Him.J. You'd be better off if you'd never been born, than to reject God's love. We have here Christs discourse with his disciples upon the way, as they were going to the mount of Olives. Whatever there was of sorrow, whatever there was of pain, whatever there was of suffering, our Lord never bowed to any suffering from men without, before He bore it on His heart alone with His Father. sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. Jesus is that Messiah, but in accordance with the prophets, the Messiah must suffer and be crucified first. It must always remain a most interesting question whether the story Luke tells is, in fact, the same story as is told by Matthew and Mark and John. Any thoughtful mind must allow, if I do not greatly err, that entrance into detail would rather detract from the augustness of the act. other, with Jewish hopes and Jewish associations. He was submitting to the will of the Father. Do not doubt his devotion. And he went out, and wept bitterly ( Matthew 26:73-75 ). Once more, ere Jesus is led out to be crucified, the Jews showed what they were morally; for when the coarse-minded heathen put before them the alternative of releasing Jesus or Barabbas, their instant preference (not without priestly instigation) was a wretch, a robber, a murderer. Whether of them twain did the will of his father? Compare the notes at Isaiah 40:11. It is not an external or national stroke, though that too we have here a providential event in connection with Israel. Oh give thanks unto the God of gods for His mercy endures forever. But Judas sin was deliberate; it had been resolved upon, not some minutes only before it was committed, but some hours, and even some days. substance with John 16:32, but seems to have been uttered more Chapter 19 Dough without leaven (that is, a little piece of fermented dough) cooks very quickly, but produces a substance more like a water biscuit than a loaf; and that is what unleavened bread is like. All he knew was that the will of God imperiously summoned him on. The cross remained a few brief hours, but of eternal value and unfathomable import, with which indeed nothing can compare. Therefore, the unripe figs, the harbinger of harvest, ought to have been there. "Sufficient for what?" 1. "Rise," said Jesus, "let us be going. Matthew 26:31-35; Mark 14:27-31; Luke 22:31-38; John 13:36-38. I WILL SMITE, &C. Reference to Zechariah 13 All shall be offended in. They took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers. But now that He is going away to leave them, they must take heed and give the necessary attention to the temporalities essential to their physical support and protection. I will smite the shepherd It will happen to you as to a flock of sheep, whose shepherd has been slain - the leader and guardian being removed, the whole flock shall be scattered, and be on the point of becoming a prey to ravenous beasts. But as the Galilean women went with this word from the angel, the Lord Himself met them. Mark, as confessedly not being an eye-witness, might have been supposed to content himself with the general view. "I would die with you. The disciples were anxious to help the poor; but the Rabbis themselves said, "God allows the poor to be with us always, that the opportunities for doing good may never fail." Every temptation can be met and endured if we depend upon God Who is forever faithful and Who always provides us with a door of escape when tempted. (iv) Lastly, there were four cups of wine. Peter boldly assured Jesus that though others might leave him, he would not. The whole basis of God's covenant with men is relationship with men, men with God, and that basis by which I can come to God and relate to God.Now God has made a way for all of us to come, and it's through Jesus Christ, and the blood that He shed for our sins. (Matthew 26:31-35 KJV). In the gospel given by the other apostle, John, there is not a word of it. For the last few days he had been acting with such magnificent defiance that they might have thought he proposed to defy the Jewish authorities; but here once again he makes it clear that his aim is the Cross. Because in this portion, they seem to make Judas appear to be the hero of the whole issue. The notion that they are Christians who lack intelligence in prophecy seems to me not false only, but utterly unworthy of a spiritual mind. All, therefore, whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. They come up and are visibly dealt with as Gentiles at the close, when the Son of man reigns as king over the earth. This appears to go farther than the disappearance of Israel as responsible to be a fruit-bearing people; it implies their whole polity dissolved; for the mountain is just as much the symbol of a power in the earth, an established world-power, as the fig tree is the special sign of Israel as responsible to produce' fruit for God; and it is clear that both figures have been abundantly verified. That also is true of every man. Zechariah 13:7 . He promised His presence with them to the end of the age; and thereon the curtain drops. Though the Pharisees were not sorry to find the then ruling party, the Sadducees, put to silence, one of them, a lawyer, tempted the Lord in a question of near interest to them. it is written . Theme: Peter's rash boast in the garden teaches us how our own failures do not prove fatal to our Lord's kingdom purposes. Tertullian (De Bapt. This second subsection is carefully patterned around the Passover meal. It also refers sometimes to all the followers of Jesus, the friends of God, John 10:16; Psalm 100:3. Look you, you have now heard his blasphemy. For I have been in the same place, where I have done that which I swore I would not do. Often we are moved by some generous impulse, and do not act upon it; and all the chances are that the circumstances, the person, the time, and the impulse, will never return. His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed 31-35 Improper self-confidence, like that of Peter, is the first step Now here Jesus institutes what we commonly call the Lord's supper, that which we observe here at Calvary Chapel, we'll be observing Thursday night. My abilities are always limited to me. _ (G3960) , There is sin and sin. nevertheless not my will, thine will be done ( Matthew 26:39 ). [2.] *The most ancient text, represented by the Vatican, Sinai, Beza's Cambridge, L. of Paris (C. being defective, as well as the Alexandrian), and the Rescript of Dublin, omits verse 14, which may have been foisted in from Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47. However, with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, we have an ever-abiding partner who serves as our counselor and advocateand he's always on the clock. 3). "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which made a marriage for his son." Ver. See Mark 13:35 (Morison). The words are spoken to the eleven disciples; for Judas was now gone to the high priests, to inform them where Jesus was going that night, and to receive of them a band of men and officers to apprehend him; which is what would be the occasion of all the rest of the disciples being offended: for when they should see their master betrayed by one of themselves, and the officers seize him and bind him, and lead him away as a malefactor, our Lord here suggests, that they would be filled with such fear and dread, that everyone of them would forsake him and run away, and provide for their own safety; yea, would be so stumbled at this unexpected event, that they would begin to stagger and hesitate in their minds, whether he was the Messiah, or not, as the two disciples going to Emmaus, seem to intimate; they would be so shocked with this sad disappointment, and so offended, or stumble, as to be ready to fall from him: and their faith in him must have failed, had he not prayed for them, as he did for Peter; for they thought of nothing else but a temporal kingdom, which they expected would now quickly be set up, and they be advanced to great honour and dignity; but things taking a different turn, it must greatly shock and affect them; and it was to be the case not of one or two only, but of all of them: and that because of him, whom they dearly loved, and with whom they had been eating the passover, and his own supper, and had had such a comfortable opportunity together; and because of his low estate, his being seized and bound, and led away by his enemies; as the Jews were before offended at him, because of the meanness of his parentage and education: and this was to be that very night; and it was now very late, it may reasonably be supposed to be midnight: for since the last evening, or sun setting, they had ate the passover, the ceremonies of which took up much time, and after that the Lord's supper; then the Hallell, or hymn was sung, when Christ discoursed much with his disciples, and delivered those consolatory and instructive sermons, about the vine and other things, occasioned by the fruit of the vine, they had been just drinking of, recorded in the 15th and 16th chapters of John; and put up that prayer to his Father for them, which stands in the 17th chapter; and indeed within an hour or two after, see Mark 14:37, this prediction of Christ's had its accomplishment, and which he confirms by a prophetic testimony: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered. Either before they went out of the house, where they had been He quotes the prophecy from Zechariah which was about to be fulfilled the Shepherd was going to be struck and the sheep scattered yet Peter would have none of that. He missed the glory of the martyr's crown to find life intolerable because he had sinned. And immediately the cock crew. The order, though different from that which obtains elsewhere, is regulated by perfect wisdom. "Peter don't you realize that I could call twelve legions of angels to deliver me, but if I did that, how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? To make Him God of the dead would have been really to deny Him to be God at all: equally so to make His promises of no value or stability. In following the events we must remember that for the Jew the next day began at 6 o'clock in the evening. Thereupon, though in marvellous patience the blow was suspended for years, nevertheless judgment came at last. All must be in character with the Nazarene. Someone may reply to you, "Don't you think that all religions are about the same if you're sincere?" person, as a king; so the Targum renders it, "kill the king, and I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered. [Note: Carson, "Matthew," p. We have here Christs discourse with his disciples upon the way, as they were going to the mount of And this is precisely what we have here. [2.] One woman anointed It is His last communication to the disciples in view of the future; and this Matthew gives in a very full and rich manner. The example is surely not without serious admonition to ourselves. And after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. Jesus had repeatedly predicted to them that He would meet them in Galilee, His native land and that of most of His apostles, whither they all went soon after His resurrection, and He met them on the bank of the Galilean Sea, after a night of toil in dragging their nets through the waters; but then, to their unutterable surprise, pursuant to His mandate, casting the net on the right side of the ship, they caught one hundred and fifty-three large fish. See Mark 15:34. Our Lord answers them by another question, which soon disclosed how thoroughly they themselves, in what was incomparably more serious, failed in moral competence. Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. For the question in hand, it is enough to produce sufficient evidence that it was not in ignorance, but with full knowledge, that Matthew, Mark, and Luke wrote as they have done; I go farther, and say it was divine intention, rather than, as I conceive, any determinate plan of each evangelist, who may not himself have had before his mind the full scope of what the Holy Ghost gave him to write about it. Satans temptations are compared to darts (Eph 6:16), which wound ere we are aware; suddenly doth he shoot. God awakens the sword of his wrath against the Son of his love, and he is smitten. It is an appraisal then, founded on their relation to a brief testimony rendered at the close of the present dispensation (I doubt not, by Jewish brethren of the King, when all the world wonders after the beast, and in general men go back to idols, and fall into Antichrist's hands); a testimony suited to the crisis, after the Christian body has been taken to heaven, and the question of the earth is raised once more. Formal teaching is over now, whether practical or prophetic. THE LAST HOURS IN THE LIFE OF THE TRAITOR ( Matthew 26:14-16 ; Matthew 26:20-25 ; Matthew 26:47-50 ; Matthew 27:3-10 ). _pesach,_ because the Israelites, after eating the paschal Don't argue; just quote, once again, John 14:6. That he shall not only be offended with Him, but offended so much as to deny that he had ever known Him at all. If this promise had been made in a humble dependence upon the grace of Christ, it had been an excellent word. This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: and the sheep of the flock will be scattered., But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee., this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.. And this, I believe, is the main point here. We have not even begun to be Christian if we think of giving to Christ and to his Church in terms of as little as we respectably can. Now all is changed through His death, which the disciples so little estimated, the bare shadow of which, however, was enough to overwhelm them all, and silence every confession of their faith. 47% Off in December! We know not what a day, or a night, may bring forth, nor what great event may be in the teeming womb of a little time, Pr 27:1. The governor at the time was Cestius; Cestius felt that Nero did not understand the number of the Jews and the problems which they posed to any governor. Lord, I would never deny you, I would die for you".Do not doubt Peter's sincerity. To the women in Matthew it was here that He was presented for their worship; to the woman in John it was there only He was to be known now. Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. This would The Romans and the Jews divided the night into four watches--6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; 9 p.m. to midnight; midnight to 3 a.m.; 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. Peter would deny him, but the experience would teach him lessons that would remove his self-assurance and give him a new strength in God. But if man was silent, it was the Lord's place not merely to question but to pronounce; and in Matthew 23:1-39 most solemnly does the Lord utter His sentence upon Israel. When Judas the traitor saw that Jesus had been condemned, he repented, and he brought the thirty shekels back to the chief priests and the elders. Such a second defiance as this, also, being in reply to such a second and closer and more earnest remonstrance, is more significant still. Indeed, all the disciples were clueless to the fact that they would not have the courage to cling to Christ in His hour of need. If I call now for deliverance, how could the scriptures be fulfilled? This is a point of importance for completing the view of His rejection, or its consequences in resurrection, and so Matthew takes particular care of it, though the same fact may be recorded also by Mark for his purpose. 2. Peter's repeated assurances of his fidelity (Matthew 26:35; Matthew 26:35); Though I should die with thee. He is going to feel so guilty, and it's just going to eat at him. Gethsemane experience. . follow the Hebrew. He here foretels. Matthew tells us that Judas took the money and flung it into the Temple, and the interesting thing is that the word he uses is not the word for the Temple precincts in general (hieron, G2411) , it is the word for the actual Temple itself (naos, G3485) . And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? Knowing the heartache, knowing the confusion that they were going to experiencing, knowing the whole experience, the trauma that they were going to go through, when they saw Him crucified. I am convinced that God still performs miracles today through Believers who are in tune with what God is authorizing IN HIS NAME. (y) R. Aben Ezra in ib. The prophecy cited in Matthew 26:31 is Zechariah 13:7, and Christ's quotation of it sheds new light upon its meaning. That is what Jesus can do. expression (_Bengel_). See preceding verse. But still it is clear that Peter had no intention of leaving that courtyard. And how often I wonder, He sits over us, watching us as our Lord. After Jesus rose from death and returned to the father, Peter would be the one through whom the group of disciples would learn to be confident and courageous (Matthew 26:31-35; Luke 22:31-34; John 13:36-38; cf. Only if the verdict was Not Guilty could a case be finished on the day it was begun; otherwise a night must elapse before the pronouncement of the verdict, so that feelings of mercy might have time to arise. There is no bringing them back but by bringing his hand to them. I was always wrong. Further, this passage shows us something about Peter. And when a damsel came to him, and said, You were also with Jesus of Galilee. It was for me, wounded for me, chastised for our peace. "Do you claim to be the Son of God?" And so he left them, and he went away again, and he prayed the third time, saying the same words. The knockout punch is when a guy isn't giving, he is coming in, and suddenly you catch him with a blow, as he is coming in, and he gets the full force of it, and that's the thing that knocks a guy out.Now in covering the face of Jesus, it took away this advantage of reflex actions, and of cushioning the blows, so that with the face covered and then they began to hit Him, it was the full impact of the blow. This is a very sobering passage of scripture, all taking place the night leading up to the crucifixion. Peter was challenging the statements of Jesus. All this has happened that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." [2.] That's what Isaiah is saying it was like. Peter had a great stock of confidence, and was upon all occasions forward to speak, especially to speak for himself; sometimes it did him a kindness, but at other times it betrayed him, as it did here. ind. Now John tells us that Judas said, "that could have been sold for several thousand dollars, and we could have given the money to the poor. How could man be saved? as spoken at some early stage of that evening walk. I admit that in the resurrection of Christ God is for us, for the believer. That herein the scripture would be fulfilled; I will smite the Shepherd. night. "You know that in two days time it is the Passover Feast, and the Son of Man is going to be delivered to be crucified." WebMatthew 26:34. He said. _All ye sha _And when they had sung a hymn_ Which was constantly sung at the close For him who most of all presumed on the strength of his love, it was enough to prove how little he yet knew of the reality of death, spite of his too ready boasts. I am often prone to think that I am stronger than I really am. Such was their position in presence of Him who was so soon about to take His seat at the right hand of God; and there each remains to this day. No one needs to be very old to have that haunting longing for some hour to be lived over again. 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. He didn't need Peter swinging away with his sword.In the Old Testament we read that when the angel of Lord passed through the army of the Syrians, the camp of the Syrians, in one evening one angel slew one hundred and eighty-five thousand. Daily I sat teaching in the Temple, and you did not lay hold on me. THE BETRAYAL. So that if I see a blow coming, my body instinctively reacts to that blow, and I give with it. That's where the problem lies. Either before they went out of the house, where they had been eating the passover, and the supper; or as they were going [3.] Upon that Stone, thus humbled, unbelief trips and falls. Because I know that God's will is much better than mine, and God's ways are much better than mine. None of us are really going to act in the manner described. Was there ever such a close juxtaposition of darkness and light? Now in this, Judas was rather rebuked by Jesus for the statement he made. Fruit of righteousness can only be through Jesus to God's glory; and Jesus they yet despised. Ezra, R. David Kimchi, & Miclol Yophi in loc. (z) Abarbitnel, Mashmia Jeshua, fol. And, look you, one of these who was with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the High Priest, and cut off his ear. But the hour of 3 a.m. was called cock-crow, and for this reason. any, and every king of the Gentiles is meant; a fourth says PLANS TO KILL JESUS 26:1-5 smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. prese A SELF-CONFIDENT DISCIPLE WARNED And again he came and found them asleep: for their eyes were heavy. 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 Matthew 26:14-15 . This serves as a heads-up for us as well. Rise; let us go; look you, he who betrays me is near.". Did they think and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets? 31 Then Jesus told them, This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd,and the sheep of the flock will be scattered., 32 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee., 33 Peter replied, Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will., 34 I tell you the truth, Jesus answered, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.. He said, Though all men, yet not I; and he did it sooner than any. Accordingly the covenant takes place a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell. Look you, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is being delivered into the hands of sinners. So also spoke all the disciples. 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