Gospels (56) - Matthew 26:1-16, Mark 14:1-11, Luke 21:37 - 22:6 & John 12:2-8

Teacher: Rusty Kennedy
​Series: Gospels

Rusty's Notes

Luke 21:37-38
37 During the day, he was teaching in the temple, but in the evening he would go out and spend the night on what is called the Mount of Olives. 38 Then all the people would come early in the morning to hear him in the temple.[1]
 

• Tuesday Evening – Jewish Days started at Sundown.
• Genesis 1:1-5 - 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day. [2]
• Matthew - 26, 27 & 28
• Mark - 14, 15 & 16
• Luke - 22, 23 & 24

 
THE PLOT TO KILL JESUS
Matthew 26:1-5
1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

• The Olivet Discourse

2 “You know that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

• Exodus 12:1-11 - 1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2 “This month is to be the beginning of months for you; it is the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to their fathers’ families, one animal per family. 4 If the household is too small for a whole animal, that person and the neighbor nearest his house are to select one based on the combined number of people; you should apportion the animal according to what each will eat. 5 You must have an unblemished animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats. 6 You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. 7 They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat them. 8 They are to eat the meat that night; they should eat it, roasted over the fire along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over fire—its head as well as its legs and inner organs. 10 You must not leave any of it until morning; any part of it left until morning you must burn. 11 Here is how you must eat it: You must be dressed for travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the Lord’s Passover.
  12 “I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both people and animals. I am the Lord; I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. 13 The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a distinguishing mark for you; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will be among you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
• “This day is to be a memorial for you, and you must celebrate it as a festival to the Lord. You are to celebrate it throughout your generations as a permanent statute. [3]
• Tuesday Evening – Actually Wednesday
• Thursday Evening – Actually Friday

3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,

• Pic of courtyard

4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill him. 5 “Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.” [4]
 
Mark 14:1-2
1 It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a cunning way to arrest Jesus and kill him. 2 “Not during the festival,” they said, “so that there won’t be a riot among the people.” [5]
 
Acts 2:22-23 - 22 “Fellow Israelites, listen to these words: This Jesus of Nazareth was a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through him, just as you yourselves know. 23 Though he was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail him to a cross and kill him. [6]

• God’s plan all along.

 
Luke 22:1-2
1 The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was approaching. 2 The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the people. [7]
 
THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY
Matthew 26:6-13
6 While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman approached him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table. 8 When the disciples saw it, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. 9 “This might have been sold for a great deal and given to the poor.”
10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for me. 11 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me. 12 By pouring this perfume on my body, she has prepared me for burial. 13 Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.” [8]
 
Luke 10:38-42
38 While they were traveling, he entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.”
41 The Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.” [9]
 
Mark 14:3-9
3 While he was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head. 4 But some were expressing indignation to one another: “Why has this perfume been wasted? 5 For this perfume might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they began to scold her.
6 Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a noble thing for me. 7 You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body in advance for burial. 9 Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”[10]

John 12:2-8
2 So they gave a dinner for him there; Martha was serving them,

• Martha hasn’t learned anything since Oct 29, 2017
• Somebody asked me on Tuesday if I ever get frustrated with people coming every Sunday but nothing ever changes in their lives.
• It even happened with Jesus.

and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

• If God knew all this… why did He put Judas in charge of the $$$?

7 Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial. 8 For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.” [11]

Matthew 26:14-16
14 Then one of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him. 16 And from that time he started looking for a good opportunity to betray him. [12]

• In reference to the good and bad shepherds of Israel
• These verses were in reference to the value placed on God by the Israelites who had been oppressed due to their own disobedience.

Zechariah 11:12-13 - 12 Then I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
13 “Throw it to the potter,” the Lord said to me—this magnificent price I was valued by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw it into the house of the Lord, to the potter.[13]

Mark 14:10-11
10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. 11 And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money. So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray him. [14]
Luke 22:3-6
3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was numbered among the Twelve. 4 He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand him over to them. 5 They were glad and agreed to give him silver.

• Judas was needed so Jesus could be arrested in a private setting.
• Judas was needed to bring an indictment against Jesus so Pilate would have Jesus arrested by the hands of the Romans.

6 So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray him to them when the crowd was not present. [15]
John 6:64-65 - 64 But there are some among you who don’t believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning those who did not believe and the one who would betray him.) 65 He said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.” [16]

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 21:37–38). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ge 1:1–5). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ex 12:1–14). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 26:1–5). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mk 14:1–2). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[6] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ac 2:22–24). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[7] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 22:1–2). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[8] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 26:6–13). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[9] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 10:38–42). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[10] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mk 14:3–9). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[11] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 12:2–8). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[12] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 26:14–16). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[13] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Zec 11:12–13). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[14] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mk 14:10–11). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[15] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 22:3–6). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[16] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 6:64–65). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.