This chapter is the longest chapter, but it is essential to read. Topics within this chapter include the plot to kill Jesus, the woman anointing Jesus, Judas betraying Jesus, the last supper, Jesus praying in Gethsemane, Jesus arrested, Jesus being found guilty, and Peter denying Jesus.
All this time, the people had been trying to trap Jesus so that they could kill Him. They missed recognizing the Messiah due to their eyesight being focused on the wrong things. Their desires to understand who Jesus was, how He was performing such miracles, how He was so brilliant, who His power came from amongst other things blinded them. But they would soon come to know that He was exactly who He professed to be. I can only imagine Jesus relaxing when this woman comes to Him with an alabaster jar and began to anoint Him. She took her expensive perfumes and poured them all over Jesus for what He explained was for the preparation for His burial. At the last supper, Jesus revealed to all of the disciples that Judas would betray Him. It is also during this setting that the disciples partake in what we call communion. After leaving the last supper and being on their way to the Mount of Olives, Jesus revealed that Peter would deny Him three times. Despite that fact, Jesus took Peter, James and John into Gethsamane to pray. He left them at a certain spot to keep watch, and He went a little further. Jesus came back to that spot twice to see if they were keeping watch, but He found them sleeping. Jesus prayed three times in Gethsamane, and as soon as He was done, Judas handed Him over in exchange for 30 pieces of silver. Peter trailed Jesus to the high priest’s house to hear of the verdict from the council. After He was found guilty, Peter denied Jesus to three different people. The rooster crowed, and Peter remembered Jesus’ prophesy. He went away weeping bitterly. A few points that I gathered: stop trying to figure Jesus’ next move out and just focus on ensuring that I am in right standing with Him; never allow the expense to detour me from honoring the Messiah; keep watch; always reference the One that I serve; nothing is more precious than His presence so stay locked in. Stay focused on Him!
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