Chapter 26 begins with Jesus close to death. He mentions the Passover. Remember the Passover is when the Jews celebrate the Passover of the angel of death when Moses was freeing them from Egypt. This celebration was a coinciding with Jesus crucifixion. At this time Jerusalem would have been packed with people preparing for celebrations. Jesus crucifixion was very public. Much of his ministry he tried to keep things hidden but at His death all was about to be revealed in a very public manner involving the Jews and the Romans. Things were falling into place...
In this Chapter we also see the Last Supper. This was a traditional Passover meal that they shared together. Jesus took two of the elements from the meal, the bread and wine, and used it to talk about His death and the covenant.
We also see the arrest and trial of Jesus and the denial of Peter. We go hard on Peter, but in this situation how many of us would be willing to die with Christ? or even be associated with Christ. That takes great courage. I know for us we don't even associate with Christ when death is not an option.
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