Book of Common Prayer

Now Don’t Be Alarmed: The Day of The Lord Has Not Yet Come

2 Now we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering-together to Him, ² that you not be quickly shaken from your understanding nor alarmed— neither by a spirit^[a], nor by a word, nor by a letter as-if through us, how that the day of the Lord is present^[b]. ³ Let no one deceive you in any way, because it will not be present unless the apostasy^[c] comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed^[d]— the son of ^[e] destruction, ⁴ the one opposing and exalting himself over^[f] everything being called god or an object-of-worship^[g], so that he sits-down^[h] in the temple^[i] of God displaying^[j] himself that he is god. ⁵ Do you not remember that while still being with you I was telling you these things? ⁶ And you know the thing restraining^[k] now, so that he might be revealed in his own time.

For Lawlessness Is Being Restrained Right Now, But The Lawless One Will Come Later

⁷ For the mystery of lawlessness is already at-work^[l], only there is the one restraining right-now until he comes^[m] out of the midst^[n]. ⁸ And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of His mouth and do-away-with^[o] by the appearance of His coming^[p]— ⁹ whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of ^[q] falsehood, ¹⁰ and with every deception of ^[r] unrighteousness for the ones perishing because they did not receive the love of the truth so that they might be saved. ¹¹ And for this reason, God sends them a working of ^[s] error^[t] so that they will believe the falsehood^[u], ¹² in order that all the ones not having believed in the truth but having taken-pleasure^[v] in unrighteousness may be condemned.

The Priests Plot How To Kill Jesus

22 Now the Feast of Unleavened-Bread, the one being called Passover, was drawing-near. ² And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking as to how they might kill^[a] Him, for they were fearing the people.

Judas Betrays Jesus To The Priests

³ And Satan entered into Judas, the one being called “Iscariot”, being one of the number of the twelve. ⁴ And having gone, he talked-with the chief priests and [temple] captains as to how he might hand Him over to them. ⁵ And they rejoiced^[b] and agreed to give him money. ⁶ And he consented, and was seeking a favorable-opportunity that he might hand Him over without^[c] a crowd with them.

Jesus Celebrates Passover With The Twelve

⁷ And the [first] day of the Feast of Unleavened-Bread came— on which it-was-necessary that the Passover [lamb] be sacrificed. ⁸ And He sent-forth Peter and John, having said, “Having gone, prepare the Passover [meal] for us in order that we may eat it ”. ⁹ And the ones said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare it?” ¹⁰ And the One said to them, “Behold— you having entered into the city, a man will meet you carrying a jar of water. Follow him to the house into which he proceeds. ¹¹ And you will say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest-room where I may eat the Passover [meal] with My disciples?”’ ¹² And that one will show you a large upstairs-room having been spread [with furnishings]. Prepare it there”. ¹³ And having gone, they found it just as He had told them. And they prepared the Passover [meal].