Frameworks:
Luke's Gospel, chapter 22
For
preliminaries see chapter 1
v.1-6
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
v.7-38
The Last Supper
v.39-46
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
v.47-53
Jesus Arrested
v.54-62
Peter Disowns Jesus
v.63-65
The Guards Mock Jesus
v.66-71
Jesus Before the authorities
v.1-6
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
v.1,2
(as Passover was approaching
the authorities plotted against Jesus) Now
the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking
for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the
people.
v.3
(Satan prompted Judas
Iscariot to act) Then
Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.
v.4
(he went to the authorities
to plan to betray Jesus) And
Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple
guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.
v.5
(they agree to pay him
) They
were delighted and agreed to give him money.
v.6
(so he looked for a time
without crowds around) He
consented and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to
them when no crowd was present.
v.7-38
The Last Supper
v.7
(the feast day arrived)
Then came the
day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
v.8
(Jesus
instructs two of them to prepare it) Jesus
sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us
to eat the Passover.”
v.9
(where?) “Where
do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.
v.10-12
(he instructs them)
He replied,
“As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet
you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner
of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where
I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' He will show you a
large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.”
v.13
(they did what he said)
They left and
found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the
Passover.
v.14
(so they come to ‘the
Last Supper') When
the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table.
v.15
(he had looked forward
to this) And
he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover
with you before I suffer.
v.16
(this will be the last
time before the kingdom is inaugurated) For
I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfilment
in the kingdom of God.”
v.17
(he took the wine)
After taking
the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among
you.
v.18
(again, the last time)
For I tell
you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the
kingdom of God comes.”
v.19
(he broke the bread and
made a pronouncement) And
he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them,
saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance
of me.”
v.20
(a second cup & pronouncement)
In the same
way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the
new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
v.21
(but my betrayer is here)
But the hand
of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.
v.22
(I go as prophesied)
The Son of
Man will go as it has been decreed. But woe to that man who betrays
him!”
v.23
(they wonder who he means)
They began
to question among themselves which of them it might be who would
do this.
v.24
(but then a dispute about
seniority arises) A
dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered
to be greatest.
v.25
(he speaks of how the
Gentiles act) Jesus
said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and
those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.
v.26
(but for them the order
is reversed) But
you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should
be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.
v.27
(he comes as a servant)
For who is
greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is
it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one
who serves.
v.28
(You have been loyal
to me) You
are those who have stood by me in my trials.
v.29,30
(you are therefore to
inherit my kingdom) And
I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on
me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and
sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
v.31
(Simon will be challenged
by Satan) “Simon,
Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.
v.32
(but I have prayed you'll
see it through) But
I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And
when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
v.33
(Peter vows his loyalty)
But he replied,
“Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”
v.34
(No, you'll three times
deny me) Jesus
answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today,
you will deny three times that you know me.”
v.35
(he reminds them of their
past experience of his provision) Then
Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals,
did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
v.36
(now it is different,
get ready) He
said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also
a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy
one.
v.37
(prophecy has to be fulfilled)
It is written:
‘And he was numbered with the transgressors' [Isa
53:12];
and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is
written about me is reaching its fulfilment.”
v.38
(they have two swords)
The disciples
said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.” “That's enough!” he replied.
v.39-46
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
v.39
(they go to their usual
nightly meeting place on the mount of Loves outside Jerusalem)
Jesus went
out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed
him.
v.40
(he tells them to pray)
On reaching
the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into
temptation.”
v.41
(he moves away and prays
on his own, not quite of earshot) He
withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
v.42
(he doesn't want was
is coming, yet accepts the will of the Father) “Father,
if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but
yours be done.”
v.43
(an angel appear to help
him) An
angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
v.44
(he prays very intensely)
And being in
anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops
of blood falling to the ground.
v.45
(meanwhile the disciples
have fallen asleep) When
he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them
asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
v.46
(he wakes them and urges
them to pray they can cope with what is coming) “Why
are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you
will not fall into temptation.”
v.47-53
Jesus Arrested
v.47,48
(a crowd led by Judas
arrives) While
he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called
Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus
to kiss him, but Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the
Son of Man with a kiss?”
v.49
(the disciples are ready
to fight) When
Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord,
should we strike with our swords?”
v.50
(and one of them strikes
out) And
one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off
his right ear.
v.51 (Jesus
heals the injured man) But
Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man's ear
and healed him.
v.52,53
(Jesus challenges the
way they have come) Then
Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard,
and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion,
that you have come with swords and clubs? Every day I was with
you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But
this is your hour—when darkness reigns.”
v.54-62
Peter Disowns Jesus
v.54
(they arrest him and
take him to the high priest's house. Peter follows) Then
seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of
the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.
v.55
(Peter sits near the
fire I the courtyard) And
when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard
and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.
v.56
(a girl challenges him)
A servant girl
saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him
and said, “This man was with him.”
v.57
(he denies knowing Jesus)
But he denied
it. “Woman, I don't know him,” he said.
v.58
(he is challenged a second
time and he denies it) A
little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one
of them. “Man, I am not!” Peter replied.
v.59
(a third time he is challenged)
About an hour
later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for
he is a Galilean.”
v.60
(a third times he denies
Jesus) Peter
replied, “Man, I don't know what you're talking about!” Just as
he was speaking, the rooster crowed.
v.61
(Jesus looks across the
yard at him) The
Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered
the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows
today, you will disown me three times.”
v.62
(Peter wept deeply)
And he went
outside and wept bitterly.
v.63-65
The Guards Mock Jesus
v.63-65
(the guards mock and
beat Jesus) The
men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. They
blindfolded him and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?” And they
said many other insulting things to him.
v.66-71
Jesus Before the Authorities
v.66
(at daybreak the authorities
convene) At
daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief
priests and the teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was
led before them.
v.67
(they question Jesus)
“If you
are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.”
v68,69
(he replies) Jesus
answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, and if I asked
you, you would not answer. But from now on, the Son of Man will
be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”
v.70
(they demand he answers.)
They all asked,
“Are you then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”
v.71
(when he does they condemn
him) Then
they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it
from his own lips.”