1It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, (太21:46; 太26:2; 路22:1; 约6:4; 约11:53)2for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.” (太27:24)
Jesus Anointed at Bethany
3And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,[1] as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. (太21:17; 太26:6; 路7:37; 约11:18; 约12:1)4There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that?5For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii[2] and given to the poor.” And they scolded her. (约11:33; 约11:38; 约13:29)6But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.7For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. (申15:11; 可2:20; 约7:33; 林后9:7)8She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. (可12:43; 路21:3; 约19:40; 林后8:12)9And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” (太24:14; 徒10:4)
Judas to Betray Jesus
10Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. (太26:14; 太27:3; 可3:19; 路22:3; 约6:71; 约12:4; 约13:2; 约13:27; 约13:30; 徒1:16)11And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him. (太20:18)
The Passover with the Disciples
12And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” (出12:18; 太26:17; 路22:7; 林前5:7)13And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him, (可11:1)14and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ (路2:7; 约11:28)15And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.” (徒1:13)16And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.17And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. (太26:20; 路22:14; 路22:21; 约13:21)18And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” (诗41:9; 约6:70; 约13:18)19They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?”20He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me. (可14:10; 可14:18)21For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” (太18:7; 可9:12; 可14:49; 路18:31; 路24:25; 路24:27; 路24:46; 约17:12; 徒17:2; 徒26:22; 林前15:3; 彼前1:10)
Institution of the Lord’s Supper
22And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” (太14:19; 太26:26; 路22:18; 约6:53; 林前10:16; 林前11:23)23And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. (太15:36)24And he said to them, “This is my blood of the[3] covenant, which is poured out for many. (出24:8; 亚9:11; 太20:28; 可14:22; 來13:20)25Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial
26And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. (太21:1; 太26:30; 路22:39; 约18:1)27And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ (亚13:7; 约16:32)28But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.” (太28:7; 太28:10; 太28:16; 可16:7)29Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.” (路22:31; 路22:33)30And Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” (可14:68; 可14:72; 路22:34; 约13:38)31But he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same. (约13:37)
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
32And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” (太26:36; 可14:26; 路22:40)33And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. (太17:23; 可5:37; 可9:2)34And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.”[4] (诗42:5; 太24:42; 约12:27)35And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. (可14:41; 路22:53; 约12:23; 约12:27; 约13:1; 约16:4; 约17:1; 來5:7)36And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” (太19:26; 可10:38; 约5:30; 约6:38; 羅8:15; 加4:6; 腓2:8)37And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?38Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (太6:13; 可14:34; 彼前4:7)39And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. (可14:36)40And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him. (可9:6; 路9:32; 路9:33)41And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. (可9:31; 可10:33; 可14:35; 路22:38)42Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
43And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. (太26:47; 可14:10; 路22:47; 约18:3; 徒1:16)44Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him and lead him away under guard.”45And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, “Rabbi!” And he kissed him. (路7:38; 路7:45; 路15:20; 约1:38; 徒20:37)46And they laid hands on him and seized him.47But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant[5] of the high priest and cut off his ear. (路22:38)48And Jesus said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?49Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled.” (太1:22; 太4:23; 太21:23; 可14:21; 路2:46; 约8:2; 约18:20)50And they all left him and fled. (诗88:8; 诗88:18; 可14:27; 约16:32)
A Young Man Flees
51And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, (士14:12; 箴31:24; 可15:46)52but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.
Jesus Before the Council
53And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. (太26:57; 路22:54; 约18:12; 约18:19)54And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire. (太26:3; 可14:53; 可14:67; 可14:68; 约7:32; 约18:3; 约18:15; 约18:18)55Now the chief priests and the whole council[6] were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.56For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. (申17:6; 申19:15; 诗27:12; 诗35:11)57And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,58“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’” (可15:29; 约2:19; 徒6:14; 徒7:48; 徒17:24; 林后5:1; 來9:11; 來9:24)59Yet even about this their testimony did not agree.60And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”[7]61But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” (赛53:7; 太1:17; 可8:29; 可15:4; 路22:67; 约19:9; 羅1:25)62And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” (诗110:1; 太16:27; 太24:30; 可16:19; 來1:3)63And the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need? (民14:6; 徒14:14)64You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death. (利24:16; 太9:3; 路23:50; 约10:36)65And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him, saying to him, “Prophesy!” And the guards received him with blows. (斯7:8; 赛50:6; 太5:39; 可10:34; 可15:19; 路22:63; 徒23:2)
Peter Denies Jesus
66And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came, (太26:69; 路22:55; 约18:16; 约18:25)67and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” (可14:54)68But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into the gateway[8] and the rooster crowed.[9] (可14:30; 可14:72)69And the servant girl saw him and began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”70But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”71But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.”72And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.[10] (可14:30; 可14:68; 徒3:13)