Matthew 26:17-25

Amplified Bible

¹⁷Now on the first day of ^[a]Unleavened Bread (Passover Week) the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”^(A) ¹⁸He said, “Go into the city to ^[b]a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time [to suffer and atone for sin] is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”’” ¹⁹[Accordingly] the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.^(B)

The Last Passover

²⁰When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.^(C) ²¹And as they were eating, He said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you that one of you will betray Me.” ²²Being deeply grieved and extremely distressed, each one of them began to say to Him, “Surely not I, Lord?” ²³Jesus answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the bowl with Me [as a ^[c]pretense of friendship] will betray Me. ²⁴The Son of Man is to go [to the cross], just as it is written [in Scripture] of Him; but woe (judgment is coming) to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born.”^(D) ²⁵And Judas, the betrayer, said, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” Jesus said to him, “^[d]You have said it yourself.”

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Footnotes

Matthew 26:17 This remembrance lasted eight days. The Passover lambs were selected on the tenth of Nisan (March/April) and sacrificed on the fourteenth of Nisan (the first day of the feast). The Passover meal was eaten that same night (15 Nisan). This was immediately followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread (15-21 Nisan). The terms “Passover” and “The Feast of Unleavened Bread” were used interchangeably.
Matthew 26:18 Tradition identifies this man as Mark’s father.
Matthew 26:23 In the ancient culture sharing a meal in this way was a confirmation of friendship and goodwill.
Matthew 26:25 “You” is emphatic in the Greek text.