"THE EVIL PLOT"
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Matthew 26:1-5 - make a few observations
1 When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples, 2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.” 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas; 4 and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him. 5 But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.”
Mark 14:1-2 - make a few observations
1 Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him; 2 for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people.”
Luke 22:1-2 - make a few observations
1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching. 2 The chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.
Proposition - As we look to God’s Word this morning we are going to see three things: 1) the preparation of the plot, 2) the execution of the plot, and 3) the timing of the plot.
Interrogative question - What are you doing with Jesus?
1. The Preparation of the plot - vs. 1-2
1. The Preparation of the plot - vs. 1-2
1 When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples, 2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.”
What do you think that the disciples were thinking?
How fast are these things going to happen?
What is the significance of the “passover?”
The blood on the doorposts and lintel was a sign that the people living in that house were trusting in Yahweh for deliverance (Stuart, Exodus, 278). In Exodus 12:13 Yahweh says, “And the blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and I will see the blood, and I will pass over you, and there will not be a destructive plague among you when I strike the land of Egypt” (LEB). Later, Moses warns the elders of Israel that no one should go out of their houses that night and that when Yahweh sees the blood on the doorway, He will “pass over” and “not allow the destroyer” to enter their houses (Exod 12:23).
Exodus 12 ends with a few more explicit stipulations related to the Passover observance:
•Outsiders—including foreigners, temporary residents, or non-Israelite hired workers—are not allowed to eat the Passover meal (Exod 12:43, 45).
•Slaves or foreigners living among the Israelites had to be circumcised before they could participate in Passover (Exod 12:44, 48).
•The Passover meal had to be eaten in one house and could not be taken out of that house (Exod 12:46).
•No bones of the Passover lamb were to be broken (Exod 12:46). Mangum, D. (2016). Passover. In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, L. Wentz, E. Ritzema, & W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Lexham Press.
Passover The first of the three annual festivals was the Passover. It commemorated the final plague on Egypt when the firstborn of the Egyptians died and the Israelites were spared because of the blood smeared on their doorposts (Exod. 12:11, 21, 27, 43, 48). Passover took place on the 14th day (at evening) of the first month (Lev. 23:5). The animal (lamb or kid) to be slain was selected on the 10th day of the month (Exod. 12:3) and slaughtered on the 14th day and then eaten (Deut. 16:7). None of the animal was to be left over on the following morning (Exod. 34:25). The uncircumcised and the hired servant were not permitted to eat the sacrifice (Exod. 12:45–49).
The Passover was also called the feast of unleavened bread (Exod. 23:15; Deut. 16:16) because only unleavened bread was eaten during the seven days immediately following Passover (Exod. 12:15–20; 13:6–8; Deut. 16:3–8). Unleavened bread reflected the fact that the people had no time to put leaven in their bread before their hasty departure from Egypt. It was also apparently connected to the barley harvest (Lev. 23:4–14).
A young Jewish boy receives his first phylactery during his bar mitzvah.
During NT times large crowds gathered in Jerusalem to observe this annual celebration. Jesus was crucified during the Passover event. He and His disciples ate a Passover meal together on the eve of His death. During this meal Jesus said, “This is My body,” and “this cup is the new covenant in My blood” (Luke 22:17, 19–20 HCSB). The NT identifies Christ with the Passover sacrifice: “For Christ our Passover has been sacrificed” (1 Cor. 5:7 HCSB). Festivals. (2003). In C. Brand, C. Draper, A. England, S. Bond, E. R. Clendenen, & T. C. Butler (Eds.), Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (pp. 567–568). Holman Bible Publishers.
Why is the Son of Man being handed over?
2. The Execution of the plot - vs. 3-4
2. The Execution of the plot - vs. 3-4
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas; 4 and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.
What people gathered together? (chief priests, elders, and Caiaphas)
Why might it have been important that it was these people who meet together?
What is their goal?
Could there have been a better plan?
Why did they want to kill Him?
3. The Timing of the plot - vs. 5
3. The Timing of the plot - vs. 5
5 But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.”
What were they afraid of?
How do you view Jesus?
Are you every scared about what you believe in? Why?
SO WHAT?
What are you doing with Jesus?