Jesus Eats the Passover Meal^(A)

¹² It was now the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb was sacrificed. Jesus’ ·followers [disciples] said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?”

¹³ Jesus sent two of his ·followers [disciples] and said to them, “Go into the city and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. ¹⁴ When he goes into a house, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says: “Where is my guest room in which I can eat the Passover meal with my ·followers [disciples]?”’ ¹⁵ The owner will show you a large ·room upstairs [^Tupper room] that is furnished and ready. ·Prepare the food [Make preparations] for us there.”

¹⁶ So the ·followers [disciples] left and went into the city. Everything happened as Jesus had said, so they prepared the Passover meal.

¹⁷ In the evening, Jesus went to that house with the twelve. ¹⁸ While they were all ·eating [^Lreclining and eating; see v. 3], Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will ·turn against [betray] me—one of you eating with me now.”

¹⁹ The ·followers [disciples] were very ·sad [distressed; pained] to hear this. Each one began to say to Jesus, “·I am not the one, am I [Surely not I; or Is it I]?”

²⁰ Jesus answered, “It is one of the twelve—one who dips his bread into the bowl with me [^Cprobably not a signal, but means “one who shares close fellowship with me”]. ²¹ The Son of Man will ·die [go to his fate; ^Lgo], just as the Scriptures say. But ·how terrible it will be for [^Lwoe to] the person ·who hands the Son of Man over to be killed [^Lby whom the Son of Man is betrayed]. It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal^(A)

¹⁷ On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the ·followers [disciples] came to Jesus. They said, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?”

¹⁸ Jesus answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: “·The chosen time is near [^LMy time has come/drawn near]. I will ·have [celebrate; observe] the Passover with my ·followers [disciples] at your house.”’” ¹⁹ The ·followers [disciples] did what Jesus told them to do, and they prepared the Passover meal.

²⁰ In the evening Jesus was ·sitting at the table [^Lreclining; ^Cthe posture for a banquet] with his twelve ·followers [disciples]. ²¹ As they were eating, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will ·turn against [betray] me.”

²² This made the ·followers [disciples] very ·sad [distressed; pained]. Each one began to say to Jesus, “·Surely, Lord, I am not the one, am I [Surely not I, Lord; or Is it I, Lord]?”

²³ Jesus answered, “The man who has dipped his hand with me into the bowl [^Cprobably not a signal, but means “one who shares close fellowship with me”] is the one who will ·turn against [betray] me. ²⁴ The Son of Man will ·die [go to his fate; ^Lgo], just as the Scriptures say. But ·how terrible it will be for [^Lwoe to] the person ·who hands the Son of Man over to be killed [^Lby whom the Son of Man is betrayed]. It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

²⁵ Then Judas, who would ·give Jesus to his enemies [betray him], said to Jesus, “·Teacher [^LRabbi], ·surely I am not the one, am I [surely not I; or is it I]?”

Jesus answered, “·Yes, it is you [^LYou have said it].”

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal^(A)

⁷ The Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lambs had to be sacrificed. ⁸ Jesus said to Peter and John, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat.”

⁹ They asked, “Where do you want us to prepare it?” ¹⁰ Jesus said to them, “[Pay attention; ^LLook; ^TBehold] After you go into the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters, ¹¹ and tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says: “Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover meal with my ·followers [disciples]?”’ ¹² Then he will show you a large, furnished room upstairs. Prepare the Passover meal there.”

¹³ So Peter and John left and found everything as Jesus had said. And they prepared the Passover meal.

The Lord’s Supper^(B)

¹⁴ When the ·time [hour] came, Jesus and the apostles ·were sitting at the table [^Lreclined; ^Cthe posture at a formal meal; see 7:36].

Who Will Turn Against Jesus?^(A)

²¹ “But [^LLook; ^TBehold] one of you will ·turn against [betray] me, and ·his hand is with mine on [or he is sharing a place with me at] the table. ²² ·What God has planned for the Son of Man will happen [^LFor the Son of Man is going (to his death) as it has been determined/decreed (by God)], but ·how terrible it will be for [^Lwoe to] that one who ·turns against [betrays] the Son of Man [^Ca title for the Messiah; Dan. 7:13–14].”

²³ Then the apostles ·asked [began to ask] each other which one of them would do that.

Jesus Talks About His Death^(A)

²¹ After Jesus said this, he was very troubled [^Lin spirit]. He ·said openly [bore witness and said], “·I tell you the truth [^LTruly, truly, I say to you], one of you will ·turn against [betray] me.”

²² The ·followers [disciples] all looked at each other, because they did not know whom Jesus was talking about. ²³ One of the ·followers [disciples] ·sitting next to Jesus [^Lreclining at his side/chest; ^Can honored position] was the ·follower [disciple] Jesus loved [^Ca reference to John]. ²⁴ Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus whom he was talking about.

²⁵ That ·follower [disciple] ·leaned [reclined] closer to Jesus and asked, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁶ Jesus answered, “I will dip this [piece/morsel of] bread into the dish. The man I give it to is the man who will ·turn against [betray] me.” So Jesus took a piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. ²⁷ ·As soon as [After] Judas took the [piece/morsel of] bread, Satan entered him. [^LThen] Jesus said to him, “·The thing that you will do—do it quickly [^TWhat you do, do quickly].” ²⁸ No one ·at the table [^Lof those reclining] understood why Jesus said this to Judas. ²⁹ Since he was the one who kept the money ·box [or bag], some of the ·followers [disciples] thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the ·feast [festival] or to give something to the poor.

³⁰ [^LSo] Judas took the [piece/morsel of] bread Jesus gave him and immediately went out. It was night. [^CThe night is both a time reference and a symbol of Judas’ evil actions.]