Luke 22:1-34 (GW)
The Plot to Kill Jesus
22 The Festival of Unleavened Bread, called Passover, was near. 2 The chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings were looking for some way to kill Jesus. However, they were afraid of the people.
3 Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles. 4 Judas went to the chief priests and the temple guards and discussed with them how he could betray Jesus. 5 They were pleased and agreed to give him some money. 6 So Judas promised to do it. He kept looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them when there was no crowd.
unsafe says ----OH BOY ---here we go ---this dreaded word everybody hates and many disbelieve he even exists is mentioned here ----Satan enters Judas who is one of the 12 ------We see Judas's evil deed done to get Jesus captured by his greed serving his god who is money in this case -----and we see Judas keeps watch on his opportunity to turn Jesus in -------
Here is the thing here ---Jesus knew the hearts of the 12 when He picked them ---and Judas was picked as one of the 12 -----
The Passover
7 The day came during the Festival of Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb had to be killed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John and told them, “Go, prepare the Passover lamb for us to eat.”
9 They asked him, “Where do you want us to prepare it?”
10 He told them, “Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him into the house he enters. 11 Tell the owner of the house that the teacher asks, ‘Where is the room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ 12 He will take you upstairs and show you a large furnished room. Get things ready there.”
13 The disciples left. They found everything as Jesus had told them and prepared the Passover.
14 When it was time to eat the Passover meal, Jesus and the apostles were at the table. 15 Jesus said to them, “I’ve had a deep desire to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 I can guarantee that I won’t eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in God’s kingdom.” 17 Then he took a cup and spoke a prayer of thanksgiving. He said, “Take this, and share it. 18 I can guarantee that from now on I won’t drink this wine until God’s kingdom comes.”
unsafe says -----We see that Jesus tells John and Peter to go an prepare for the Passover -------Jesus gives them instructions to look for a man with a jug of water and follow him to his house ------ Jesus is giving them a trial of faith and obedience here in my view and it also shows proof of the omniscience and deity of Jesus Christ ------
unsafe says --We see this is the last Passover meal Jesus will share with His Disciples -----and this puts an end to the Passover meals which the law requires ------there will be a new feast in place ------
Verse 16 ----16 I can guarantee that I won’t eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in God’s kingdom.”
unsafe says ----Jesus is stating here that He will not eat again until the new Passover is offered by His death which brings about the New Kingdom -----Christ will be our Passover sacrificed for us -----and brings an end to the Old ----
Verse 17 -----17 Then he took a cup and spoke a prayer of thanksgiving. He said, “Take this, and share it.
unsafe says ----So we see that This cup Jesus is passing around here is still part of the Passover tradition of the Law --and verse 18 tells us that ----
Verse 18 ----- 18 I can guarantee that from now on I won’t drink this wine until God’s kingdom comes.”
unsafe says ----So Verse 18 tells us that He will not drink again until the New Passover is brought in -----so He is talking here about wine used in the Passover ----- and not wine which represents His shed Blood ----which comes up in verse --20
The Lord’s Supper
19 Then Jesus took bread and spoke a prayer of thanksgiving. He broke the bread, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given up for you. Do this to remember me.”
20 When supper was over, he did the same with the cup. He said, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new promise[
a] made with my blood.”
unsafe says ---this above explains itself ---it is the New Covenant Promises ----the Old Passover Law and all the Laws were about to be Passed History -----
Jesus Knows Who Will Betray Him
21 “The hand of the one who will betray me is with me on the table.
22 The Son of Man is going to die the way it has been planned for him. But how horrible it will be for that person who betrays him.”
23 So they began to discuss with each other who could do such a thing.
unsafe says ----God's plan playing out here and verse 22 tells us this ---------Jesus knows who will betray Him -------and Jesus is saying how terrible it will be for the one who betrays Him -----
An Argument about Greatness
24 Then a quarrel broke out among the disciples. They argued about who should be considered the greatest.
25 Jesus said to them, “The kings of nations have power over their people, and those in authority call themselves friends of the people.
26 But you’re not going to be that way! Rather, the greatest among you must be like the youngest, and your leader must be like a servant.
27 Who’s the greatest, the person who sits at the table or the servant? Isn’t it really the person who sits at the table? But I’m among you as a servant.
28 “You have stood by me in the troubles that have tested me. 29 So as my Father has given me a kingdom, I’m giving it to you. 30 You will eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. You will also sit on thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.”
unsafe says --We see the Disciples arguing who is greater ----Jesus tells them that the one who serves is greater than the one who sits at the table ------
unsafe says -----How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of becoming the greatest when it comes to the character of following Jesus Christ ----the one who washed the feet of the Disciples and humbling Himself to die on the Cross to bring eternal happiness for all ---
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
31 Then the Lord said, “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to have you apostles for himself. He wants to separate you from me as a farmer separates wheat from husks. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. So when you recover, strengthen the other disciples.”
33 But Peter said to him, “Lord, I’m ready to go to prison with you and to die with you.”
34 Jesus replied, “Peter, I can guarantee that the rooster won’t crow tonight until you say three times that you don’t know me.”
unsafe says -----Important piece of Scripture here ------as we see how Satan works --------verse 31
31 Then the Lord said, “Simon, Simon, listen!
Satan has demanded to have you apostles for himself. He wants to separate you from me as a farmer separates wheat from husks.
Some scriptures use the word sift like wheat ----this word in Greek means this ----
Strong's Concordance
siniazo: I sift, prove by trials
; to sift, shake in a sieve: τινα ὡς τόν σῖτον, i. e., dropping the figure, by inward agitation to try one's faith to the verge of overthrow,
Luke 22:31.
unsafe says -----Satan will always be after God's children's faith --------to diminish it as best he can ------
We see Jesus says He prayed for Peter that his faith will not fail him ----but it will strengthen on the other side of the trial he is about to endure ------and Jesus tells Peter that he will deny Him 3 times -------
