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Luke 21, 22 places and put in jail. Because of me you will be placed on trial before kings and governors. 13 But this will be your chance to tell about your faith. 14 Don’t worry about what you will say to defend yourselves. 15 I will give you the wisdom to know what to say. None of your enemies will be able to oppose you or to say that you are wrong. 16 You will be betrayed by your own parents, brothers, family, and friends. Some of you will even be killed. 17 Because of me, you will be hated by everyone. 18 But don’t worry! 19 You will be saved by being faithful to me. Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed 20 When you see Jerusalem surrounded by soldiers, you will know that it will soon be destroyed. 21 If you are living in Judea at that time, run to the mountains. If you are in the city, leave it. And if you are out in the country, don’t go back into the city. 22 This time of punishment is what is written about in the Scriptures. 23 It will be an awful time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children! Everywhere in the land people will suffer horribly and be punished. 24 Some of them will be killed by swords. Others will be carried off to foreign countries. Jerusalem will be overrun by foreign nations until their time comes to an end. When the Son of Man Appears 25 Strange things will happen to the sun, moon, and stars. The nations on earth will be afraid of the roaring sea and tides, and they won’t know what to do. 26 People will be so frightened that they will faint because of what is happening to the world. Every power in the sky will be shaken. 27 Then the Son of Man will be seen, coming in a cloud with great power and glory. 28 When all of this starts happening, stand up straight and be brave. You will soon be set free. 90 A Lesson from a Fig Tree 91 Jesus’ Final Week in Jerusalem 29 Then Jesus told them a story: When you see a fig tree or any other tree 30 putting out leaves, you know that summer will soon come. 31 So, when you see these things happening, you know that God’s kingdom will soon be here. 32 You can be sure that some of the people of this generation will still be alive when all of this takes place. 33 The sky and the earth won’t last forever, but my words will. A Warning 34 Don’t spend all of your time thinking about eating or drinking or worrying about life. If you do, the final day will suddenly catch you 35 like a trap. That day will surprise everyone on earth. 36 Watch out and keep praying that you can escape all that is going to happen and that the Son of Man will be pleased with you. 37 Jesus taught in the temple each day, and he spent each night on the Mount of Olives. 38 Everyone got up early and came to the temple to hear him teach. JESUS’ TRIAL AND DEATH During the Festival of Thin Bread, some of the chief priests and teachers of the Law plot to arrest Jesus. Jesus is betrayed by his disciple Judas after Jesus and the other disciples share a Passover meal. His arrest is followed by a trial in front of the Jewish leaders. Later, the Roman governor Pilate sentences Jesus to die on a cross. A Plot To Kill Jesus 22 The Festival of Thin Bread, also called Passover, was near. 2 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus, because they were afraid of what the people might do. 3 Then Satan entered the heart of Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve apostles. 4 Judas went to talk with the chief priests and the officers of the temple police about how he could help them arrest Jesus. 5 They were very pleased and offered to pay Judas some money.
Luke 22 6 He agreed and started looking for a good chance to betray Jesus when the crowds were not around. Jesus Eats with His Disciples 7 The day had come for the Festival of Thin Bread, and it was time to kill the Passover lambs. 8 So Jesus said to Peter and John, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat.” 9 But they asked, “Where do you want us to prepare it?” 10 Jesus told them, “As you go into the city, you will meet a man carrying a jar of water. Follow him into the house 11 and say to the owner, ‘Our teacher wants to know where he can eat the Passover meal with his disciples.’ 12 The owner will take you upstairs and show you a large room ready for you to use. Prepare the meal there.” 13 Peter and John left. They found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal. The Lord’s Supper 14 When the time came for Jesus and the apostles to eat, 15 he said to them, “I have very much wanted to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer. 16 I tell you that I will not eat another Passover meal until it is finally eaten in God’s kingdom.” 17 Jesus took a cup of wine in his hands and gave thanks to God. Then he told the apostles, “Take this wine and share it with each other. 18 I tell you that I will not drink any more wine until God’s kingdom comes.” 19 Jesus took some bread in his hands and gave thanks for it. He broke the bread and handed it to his apostles. Then he said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Eat this as a way of remembering me!” 20 After the meal he took another cup of wine in his hands. Then he said, “This is my blood. It is poured out for you, and with it God makes his new agreement. 21 The one who will betray me is here at the table with me! 22 The Son of Man will die in the way that has been decided for him, but it will be terrible for the one who betrays him!” 23 Then the apostles started arguing about who would ever do such a thing. An Argument about Greatness 24 The apostles got into an argument about which one of 92 them was the greatest. 25 So Jesus told them: Foreign kings order their people around, and powerful rulers call themselves everyone’s friends. 26 But don’t be like them. The most important one of 93 Jesus’ Final Week in Jerusalem PASSOVER AND THE FESTIVAL OF THIN BREAD These two special spring festivals were brought together in the Jewish calendar long before the time of Jesus. Passover was celebrated to remind the people of Israel how God rescued them from slavery in Egypt (Exod 12,13). It was to be celebrated on the fourteenth day of the first month, Nisan, a month that overlaps March and April on modern calendars. Passover started at sunset. The Festival of Thin Bread began the next day, the fifteenth day of the first month, and lasted for seven days (Lev 23.4-8; Num 28.17-25). During the Passover Festival, a lamb was to be killed, roasted, and eaten. The blood of the lamb was a reminder of the blood that the Israelites put on their doorposts before God sent a final plague on Egypt. God’s angel of death “passed over” the Israelite homes that were marked by the blood, but the death angel killed the first-born in the families of Egypt (Exod 12.1-27). The thin (unleavened) bread that was to be eaten during Passover and during the seven days of the Festival of Thin Bread was a reminder of how quickly the people had to leave Egypt. They did not have time to let the dough for their bread rise, so they made bread without using yeast. Bread made this way will always be flat, like a cracker. The Festival of Thin Bread also became a time to give thanks to God for the annual harvest of grain, which provided food for all the people. Later, these two feasts were joined and celebrated partly at the temple in Jerusalem and partly in people’s homes. Jewish people came from all over the world to be in Jerusalem to take part in these yearly feasts. Here they recalled with thanks what God had done for them in the past and celebrated their life together in the present. The reports of the celebration of these meals in the time of Jesus includes both the offering and eating of the sacrificial lamb, eating thin bread and drinking wine. Children were taught the meaning of the meal as they ate it. Jews throughout the world continue to celebrate these important festivals in much the same manner.
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Page 38 and 39: Luke 12 Worry 22 Jesus said to his
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