Focused Passage
The Betrayal, Passover, Gethsemane, Trial, and Denial of Jesus
Matthew 26 moves from Jesus’ prediction of crucifixion to the leaders’ murder plot, from costly anointing to Judas’s betrayal, from Passover preparation to Jesus’ institution of the Lord’s Supper, from confident disciple vows to Gethsemane weakness, from Jesus’ submission to arrest to disciple desertion, from false trial to Christological confession, and finally from Peter’s denial to bitter weeping.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
14Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
15and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
16So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
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