Matthew Part 92

Text: Matthew 26:1-13. This is where it all starts

The Plot The Kill Jesus, Vs 1-5

vs 1, all these sayings (Everything from the beginning of Matthew 24)

Vs 2

The passover

a feast remembering when God would pass over Israelite homes in Egypt because of the blood on the doorpost.

during the feast, an unblemished lamb would be chosen

the Son of Man to be crucified (4th time)

vs 3

chief priests (Religious nobility)

elders (Lay nobility)

High priest Caiaphas (18-36 AD)

Jn. 11:50.

Josephus

Antiquities 18:34-35 “This man deprived Ananus of the high priesthood, and appointed Ismael, the son of Phabi, to be high priest. He also deprived him in a little time, and ordained Eleazar, the son of Ananus, who had been high priest before, to be high priest: which office, when he had held for a year, Gratus deprived him of it, and gave the high priesthood to Simon, the son of Camithus; (35) and when he had possessed that dignity no longer than a year, Joseph Caiaphas was made his successor.” Jn. 11:49.

Antiquities 18:95 “Besides which, he also deprived Joseph, who was called Caiaphas, of the high priesthood, and appointed Jonathan, the son of Ananus, the former high priest, to succeed him”

not much else known, outside of a ossuary (Bone box) box found, labelled “Joseph, son of Caiaphas.”

Dante put Caiaphas in the 8th circle of hell, crucified to the ground for all to step on him as they passed, and he had to guess their weight.

vs 4-5

why would they need to do this by stealth, not during the feast?

Jesus Anointed, Vs 6-13

vs 6

Bethany

Simon the leper (Possibly healed by Jesus)

vs 7

This Is Mary, Luke 10:39, John 11.

vs 12