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Matthew 26:20 Context: Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 26:20 Context: Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001a.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451a.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/matthew/26-20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/matthew/26-20.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="//biblehub.com/crossref/">Cross Refs</a> > Matthew 26:20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/26-19.htm" title="Matthew 26:19">◄</a> Matthew 26:20 <a href="../matthew/26-21.htm" title="Matthew 26:21">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Context</div><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Last Passover</i></b></font><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining <i>at the table</i> with the twelve disciples. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>As they were eating, He said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, “Surely not I, Lord?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>And He answered, “He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who will betray Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>“The Son of Man <i>is to</i> go, just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>And Judas, who was betraying Him, said, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” Jesus said to him, “You have said <i>it</i> yourself.” <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Lord’s Supper Instituted</i></b></font><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>While they were eating, Jesus took <i>some</i> bread, and after a blessing, He broke <i>it</i> and gave <i>it</i> to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave <i>it</i> to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>“But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I <font size="1">WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD</font>, <font size="1">AND THE SHEEP OF THE</font> <font size="1">FLOCK SHALL BE</font> <font size="1">SCATTERED</font>.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>“But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>But Peter said to Him, “<i>Even</i> though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that this <i>very</i> night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Peter said to Him, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You.” All the disciples said the same thing too. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Garden of Gethsemane</i></b></font><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>And He went a little beyond <i>them,</i> and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you <i>men</i> could not keep watch with Me for one hour? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>“Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>Then He came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>“Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!” <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Jesus’ Betrayal and Arrest</i></b></font><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-47.htm" target="_top"><b>47</b></a></span>While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, <i>who came</i> from the chief priests and elders of the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-48.htm" target="_top"><b>48</b></a></span>Now he who was betraying Him gave them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-49.htm" target="_top"><b>49</b></a></span>Immediately Judas went to Jesus and said, “Hail, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-50.htm" target="_top"><b>50</b></a></span>And Jesus said to him, “Friend, <i>do</i> what you have come for.” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and seized Him. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-51.htm" target="_top"><b>51</b></a></span>And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew out his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-52.htm" target="_top"><b>52</b></a></span>Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-53.htm" target="_top"><b>53</b></a></span>“Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-54.htm" target="_top"><b>54</b></a></span>“How then will the Scriptures be fulfilled, <i>which say</i> that it must happen this way?” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-55.htm" target="_top"><b>55</b></a></span>At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as <i>you would</i> against a robber? Every day I used to sit in the temple teaching and you did not seize Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-56.htm" target="_top"><b>56</b></a></span>“But all this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures of the prophets.” Then all the disciples left Him and fled. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Jesus before Caiaphas</i></b></font><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-57.htm" target="_top"><b>57</b></a></span>Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-58.htm" target="_top"><b>58</b></a></span>But Peter was following Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and entered in, and sat down with the officers to see the outcome. <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-59.htm" target="_top"><b>59</b></a></span>Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-60.htm" target="_top"><b>60</b></a></span>They did not find <i>any,</i> even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-61.htm" target="_top"><b>61</b></a></span>and said, “This man stated, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-62.htm" target="_top"><b>62</b></a></span>The high priest stood up and said to Him, “Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-63.htm" target="_top"><b>63</b></a></span>But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-64.htm" target="_top"><b>64</b></a></span>Jesus said to him, “You have said it <i>yourself;</i> nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see <font size="1">THE</font> S<font size="1">ON OF</font> M<font size="1">AN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF</font> P<font size="1">OWER</font>, and <font size="1">COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN</font>.” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-65.htm" target="_top"><b>65</b></a></span>Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have now heard the blasphemy; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-66.htm" target="_top"><b>66</b></a></span>what do you think?” They answered, “He deserves death!” <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-67.htm" target="_top"><b>67</b></a></span>Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-68.htm" target="_top"><b>68</b></a></span>and said, “Prophesy to us, You Christ; who is the one who hit You?” <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Peter’s Denials</i></b></font><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-69.htm" target="_top"><b>69</b></a></span>Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-70.htm" target="_top"><b>70</b></a></span>But he denied <i>it</i> before them all, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-71.htm" target="_top"><b>71</b></a></span>When he had gone out to the gateway, another <i>servant-girl</i> saw him and said to those who were there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-72.htm" target="_top"><b>72</b></a></span>And again he denied <i>it</i> with an oath, “I do not know the man.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-73.htm" target="_top"><b>73</b></a></span>A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Surely you too are <i>one</i> of them; for even the way you talk gives you away.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-74.htm" target="_top"><b>74</b></a></span>Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/26-75.htm" target="_top"><b>75</b></a></span>And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now when even was come, he was sitting at meat with the twelve disciples;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve disciples. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/matthew/26.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when the evening was come he lay down at table with the twelve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now when even was come, he was sitting at meat with the twelve disciples;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now when the evening was come, he sat down with the twelve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/26.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />When evening came, He was at table with the twelve disciples,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_9_not_as_i.htm">January 9. "Not as I Will, but as Thou Wilt" (Matt. xxvi. 39). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Not as I will, but as Thou wilt" (Matt. xxvi. 39). "To will and do of His good pleasure" (Phil. ii. 13). There are two attitudes in which our will should be given to God. First. We should have the surrendered will. This is where we must all begin, by yielding up to God our natural will, and having Him possess it. But next, He wants us to have the victorious will. As soon as He receives our will in honest surrender, He wants to put His will into it and make it stronger than ever for Him. It is henceforth <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_9_not_as_i.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/november_29_could_ye_not.htm">November 29. "Could Ye not Watch with Me one Hour?" (Matt. xxvi. 40. )</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Could ye not watch with Me one hour?" (Matt. xxvi. 40.) A young lady whose parents had died while she was an infant, had been kindly cared for by a dear friend of the family. Before she was old enough to know him, he went to Europe. Regularly he wrote to her through all his years of absence, and never failed to send her money for all her wants. Finally word came that during a certain week he would return and visit her. He did not fix the day or the hour. She received several invitations to take <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/november_29_could_ye_not.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_3_watch_and_pray.htm">January 3. "Watch and Pray" (Matt. xxvi. 41). </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Watch and pray" (Matt. xxvi. 41). We need to watch for prayers as well as for the answers to our prayers. It needs as much wisdom to pray rightly as it does faith to receive the answers to our prayers. We met a friend the other day, who had been in years of darkness because God had failed to answer certain prayers, and the result had been a state bordering on infidelity. A very few moments were sufficient to convince this friend that these prayers had been entirely unauthorized, and that God had <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/january_3_watch_and_pray.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Rev. A. B. Simpson—</span><span class="citation2">Days of Heaven Upon Earth </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/until_that_day.htm"> 'Until that Day'</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.'--MATT. xxvi. 29. This remarkable saying of our Lord's is recorded in all of the accounts of the institution of the Lord's Supper. The thought embodied in it ought to be present in the minds of all who partake of that rite. It converts what is primarily a memorial into a prophecy. It bids us hope as well as, and because we, remember. The light behind us is cast forward on to <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/until_that_day.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_last_pleading_of_love.htm">The Last Pleading of Love</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come?'--MATT. xxvi. 50. We are accustomed to think of the betrayer of our Lord as a kind of monster, whose crime is so mysterious in its atrocity as to put him beyond the pale of human sympathy. The awful picture which the great Italian poet draws of him as alone in hell, shunned even there, as guilty beyond all others, expresses the general feeling about him. And even the attempts which have been made to diminish the greatness of his guilt, by <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_last_pleading_of_love.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/jesus_charged_with_blasphemy.htm">Jesus Charged with Blasphemy</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses?'--MATT. xxvi. 65. Jesus was tried and condemned by two tribunals, the Jewish ecclesiastical and the Roman civil. In each case the charge corresponded to the Court. The Sanhedrin took no cognisance of, and had no concern with, rebellion against Caesar; though for the time they pretended loyalty. Pilate had still less concern about Jewish superstitions. And so the investigation in each <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/jesus_charged_with_blasphemy.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_new_passover.htm">The New Passover</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto Him, Where wilt Thou that we prepare for Thee to eat the passover? 18. And He said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with My disciples. 19. And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 20. Now when the even was come, He sat down with the twelve. 21. And as they did eat, He said, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_new_passover.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/this_cup.htm"> 'This Cup'</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And Jesus took the cup, and grave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28. For this is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins'--MATT. xxvi. 27, 28. The comparative silence of our Lord as to the sacrificial character of His death has very often been urged as a reason for doubting that doctrine, and for regarding it as no part of the original Christian teaching. That silence may be accounted for by sufficient reasons. It has been very much <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/this_cup.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/gethsemane_the_oil-press.htm">Gethsemane, the Oil-Press</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37. And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38. Then saith He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with Me. 39. And He went a little farther, and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me: nevertheless not as <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/gethsemane_the_oil-press.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_real_high_priest_and.htm">The Real High Priest and his Counterfeit</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And they that had laid hold on Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 58. But Peter followed Him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. 59. Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put Him to death; 60. But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, 61. And said, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_real_high_priest_and.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_defence_of_uncalculating_love.htm">The Defence of Uncalculating Love</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7. There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His head, as He sat at meat. 8. But when His disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9. For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10. When Jesus understood it, He said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon Me. 11. 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