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26</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/Matthew_25" title="Matthew 25">chapter 25</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_27" title="Matthew 27">chapter 27</a> →</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Papyrus_37_-_recto.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Papyrus_37_-_recto.jpg/250px-Papyrus_37_-_recto.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Papyrus_37_-_recto.jpg/375px-Papyrus_37_-_recto.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Papyrus_37_-_recto.jpg/500px-Papyrus_37_-_recto.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4477" data-file-height="5760" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a> 26:19–37 on the <i>recto</i> side of <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_37" title="Papyrus 37">Papyrus 37</a>, from c. AD. 260.</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Matthew 26</b> is the 26th chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Christian Bible</a>. This chapter covers the beginning of the Passion of Jesus narrative, which continues to <a href="/wiki/Matthew_28" title="Matthew 28">Matthew 28</a>; it contains the narratives of the Jewish leaders' plot to kill Jesus, <a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a>'s agreement to betray Jesus to <a href="/wiki/Caiphas" class="mw-redirect" title="Caiphas">Caiphas</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelve Apostles">Twelve Apostles</a> and institution of the <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Eucharist</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Agony_in_the_Garden" title="Agony in the Garden">Agony in the Garden</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gethsemane" title="Gethsemane">Gethsemane</a> and the subsequent vindication of Jesus' predictions, of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_predicts_his_betrayal" title="Jesus predicts his betrayal">betrayal</a> by one of the twelve Apostles, and that he will, in the <a href="/wiki/Denial_of_Peter" title="Denial of Peter">Denial of Peter</a>, be disowned by his closest follower, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Saint Peter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880–82_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880–82-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original text was written in <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">This chapter is divided into</a> 75 verses, more than any other chapter in this gospel. Protestant theologian <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_August_Wilhelm_Meyer" title="Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer">Heinrich Meyer</a> identifies 32 verses in which there are critical variations between different early manuscripts and critical editions.<sup id="cite_ref-Meyer_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meyer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Textual witnesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P064-Mat-26.7-8-26.10-26.14-15-II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/P064-Mat-26.7-8-26.10-26.14-15-II.jpg/200px-P064-Mat-26.7-8-26.10-26.14-15-II.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/P064-Mat-26.7-8-26.10-26.14-15-II.jpg/300px-P064-Mat-26.7-8-26.10-26.14-15-II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/P064-Mat-26.7-8-26.10-26.14-15-II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption>Matthew 26:7–8, 10, 14–15 on <a href="/wiki/Magdalen_papyrus" title="Magdalen papyrus"><i>Papyrus 64</i>, also known as <i>Magdalen papyrus</i></a>, from late 2nd/3rd century</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P053-Mat-26_29-35-III.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/P053-Mat-26_29-35-III.jpg/200px-P053-Mat-26_29-35-III.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/P053-Mat-26_29-35-III.jpg/300px-P053-Mat-26_29-35-III.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/P053-Mat-26_29-35-III.jpg/400px-P053-Mat-26_29-35-III.jpg 2x" data-file-width="465" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Matthew 26:29–35 on <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_53" title="Papyrus 53">Papyrus 53</a>, from 3rd century.</figcaption></figure> <p>Some early <a href="/wiki/Biblical_manuscript#New_Testament_manuscripts" title="Biblical manuscript">manuscripts</a> containing the text of this chapter are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magdalen_papyrus" title="Magdalen papyrus">Papyrus 64 (Magdalen Papyrus)</a> (late 2nd/3rd century; extant: verses 7–8, 10, 14–15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_37" title="Papyrus 37">Papyrus 37</a> (~260; extant verses 19–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_53" title="Papyrus 53">Papyrus 53</a> (3rd century; extant verses 29–35)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (325–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (330–60)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Bezae" title="Codex Bezae">Codex Bezae</a> (c. 400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Washingtonianus" title="Codex Washingtonianus">Codex Washingtonianus</a> (c. 400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Ephraemi_Rescriptus" title="Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus">Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus</a> (c. 450)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Purpureus_Rossanensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Codex Purpureus Rossanensis">Codex Purpureus Rossanensis</a> (6th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Petropolitanus_Purpureus" title="Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus">Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus</a> (6th century; extant verses 58–64)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_Testament_references">Old Testament references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Old Testament references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#26:38" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 26:38</a>: <a href="/wiki/Psalm_42" title="Psalm 42">Psalm</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#42:5" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">42:5</a><sup id="cite_ref-appkirkpatrick_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appkirkpatrick-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/New_King_James_Version" title="New King James Version">New King James Version</a> (NKJV) organises the material in this chapter as follows: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Responsibility_for_the_death_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Responsibility for the death of Jesus">The Plot to Kill Jesus</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:1–5&version=nkjv">Matthew 26:1–5</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus" title="Anointing of Jesus">The Anointing at Bethany</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:6–13&version=nkjv">Matthew 26:6–13</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bargain_of_Judas" title="Bargain of Judas">Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:14–16&version=nkjv">Matthew 26:14–16</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Jesus Celebrates Passover with His Disciples</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:17–25&version=nkjv">Matthew 26:17–25</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Jesus Institutes the Lord’s Supper</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:26–30&version=nkjv">Matthew 26:26–30</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denial_of_Peter" title="Denial of Peter">Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:31–35&version=nkjv">Matthew 26:31–35</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agony_in_the_Garden" title="Agony in the Garden">The Prayer in the Garden</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:36–46&version=nkjv">Matthew 26:36–46</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrest_of_Jesus" title="Arrest of Jesus">Betrayal and Arrest in Gethsemane</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:47–56&version=nkjv">Matthew 26:47–56</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin_trial_of_Jesus" title="Sanhedrin trial of Jesus">Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:57–68&version=nkjv">Matthew 26:57–68</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denial_of_Peter" title="Denial of Peter">Peter Denies Jesus, and Weeps Bitterly</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:69–75&version=nkjv">Matthew 26:69–75</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prologue_to_the_passion_narrative_(26:1–5)"><span id="Prologue_to_the_passion_narrative_.2826:1.E2.80.935.29"></span>Prologue to the passion narrative (26:1–5)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Prologue to the passion narrative (26:1–5)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Verses 1–5 recount the conspiracy against Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_1">Verse 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Verse 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, that He said to His disciples,</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/William_Robertson_Nicoll" title="William Robertson Nicoll">William Robertson Nicoll</a> states that this verse links with the previous chapters at the same time as serving as an introduction to the <a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Jesus#Narratives_according_to_the_four_canonical_Gospels" title="Passion of Jesus">passion history</a> commencing here. It may form part of the tradition of Jesus' passion which developed as a recollection of Jesus' life before other parts of the gospel tradition: "Of the three strata of evangelic tradition relating respectively to what Jesus taught, what He did, and what He suffered, the last-named probably came first in origin."<sup id="cite_ref-nicoll_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicoll-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meyer, reflecting the opinion of another German theologian, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Johannes_Wichelhaus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johannes Wichelhaus (page does not exist)">Johannes Wichelhaus</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Wichelhaus" class="extiw" title="de:Johannes Wichelhaus">de</a>]</span>, notes "the fact that our Lord’s functions as a teacher were now ended".<sup id="cite_ref-Meyer_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meyer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The words <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους</span></span>, <i>all these sayings</i>, would most naturally be taken as referring to the contents of <a href="/wiki/Matthew_24" title="Matthew 24">chapters 24</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_25" title="Matthew 25">25</a>, although "a backward glance at the whole of Christ’s teaching is conceivable. Yet in case of such a comprehensive retrospect why refer only to words? Why not to both <i>dicta et facta</i> (words and deeds)?"<sup id="cite_ref-nicoll_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicoll-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_2">Verse 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Verse 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>You know that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.</i><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>"After two days": the Jewish feast of the <a href="/wiki/Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a> began on the 15th of the month of <a href="/wiki/Nisan" title="Nisan">Nisan</a>. Matthew begins his narrative of the betrayal and death of Jesus two days before the Passover, i.e. on the 13th of Nisan. This may allude to the traditions related to the <a href="/wiki/Binding_of_Isaac" title="Binding of Isaac">binding of Isaac</a> that <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Genesis#22:4" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Genesis">Genesis 22:4</a> places the sacrifice of Isaac on the third day, and during Passover (in Jubilees 17:15; 18:3).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A further parallel between Jesus and Isaac is indicated in <a href="/wiki/Romans_8:32" class="mw-redirect" title="Romans 8:32">Romans 8:32</a>, whereas <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#26:36" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">Matthew 26:36</a> could allude to <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Genesis#22:2" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Genesis">Genesis 22:2–5</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Johann_Bengel" class="mw-redirect" title="Johann Bengel">Johann Bengel</a> argues for translating the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">παραδιδοται</span>, <i>paradidotai</i>, in the <a href="/wiki/Present_tense" title="Present tense">present tense</a>, "is delivered":<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at this time, while Jesus "was preparing Himself entirely for suffering... [his] enemies were labouring to effect the same object".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_3">Verse 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verse 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas.</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Anointing_at_Bethany_(26:6–13)"><span id="The_Anointing_at_Bethany_.2826:6.E2.80.9313.29"></span>The Anointing at Bethany (26:6–13)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Anointing at Bethany (26:6–13)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus" title="Anointing of Jesus">Anointing of Jesus</a></div> <p>In the home of <a href="/wiki/Simon_the_Leper" title="Simon the Leper">Simon the Leper</a>, 'another befriended outcast', a woman performed an 'extravagant act' which clearly points to Jesus' messianic status as 'the anointed one'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In verse 8, the disciples, collectively, raise concerns about the extravagance shown, whereas in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12:4&version=nkjv">John 12:4</a> this concern is only expressed by <a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a>. Meyer argues that Matthew's account is "certainly not contradictory [to] that of John, but only less precise".<sup id="cite_ref-Meyer_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meyer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judas_agrees_to_betray_Jesus_(26:14–16)"><span id="Judas_agrees_to_betray_Jesus_.2826:14.E2.80.9316.29"></span>Judas agrees to betray Jesus (26:14–16)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Judas agrees to betray Jesus (26:14–16)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_-_Pact_of_Judas_-_WGA06789.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_-_Pact_of_Judas_-_WGA06789.jpg/200px-Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_-_Pact_of_Judas_-_WGA06789.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_-_Pact_of_Judas_-_WGA06789.jpg/300px-Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_-_Pact_of_Judas_-_WGA06789.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_-_Pact_of_Judas_-_WGA06789.jpg/400px-Duccio_di_Buoninsegna_-_Pact_of_Judas_-_WGA06789.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="788" /></a><figcaption>Judas making a bargain with the priests, depicted by <a href="/wiki/Duccio" title="Duccio">Duccio</a>, early 14th century.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bargain_of_Judas" title="Bargain of Judas">Bargain of Judas</a></div> <p>In contrast to the extravagant act of the woman who anoints Jesus, Judas Iscariot (cf. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+10:4&version=nkjv">Matthew 10:4</a>) plans a treacherous act. Theologian <a href="/wiki/Dale_Allison" title="Dale Allison">Dale Allison</a> observes a clear distinction between the selfless costly gift given by the woman and the <a href="/wiki/Selfishness" title="Selfishness">selfish</a> thought of Judas for his own gain, albeit "for a relatively paltry sum".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here, Judas becomes an example of Jesus' followers who think of what they can get out of him, rather than how they can serve him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeener1999620_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeener1999620-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jesus_celebrates_Passover_with_his_disciples_(26:17–35)"><span id="Jesus_celebrates_Passover_with_his_disciples_.2826:17.E2.80.9335.29"></span>Jesus celebrates Passover with his disciples (26:17–35)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Jesus celebrates Passover with his disciples (26:17–35)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denial_of_Peter" title="Denial of Peter">Denial of Peter</a></div><p> As a <a href="/wiki/Mosaic_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosaic law">law</a>-observant Jew, Jesus celebrates his last Passover within Jerusalem, when he institutes the <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">Lord's supper</a>, to connect his sacrificial redemptive act with the 'blood of the covenant' in <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Exodus#24:8" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Exodus">Exodus 24:8</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_31:31" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremiah 31:31">Jeremiah 31:31</a> and the suffering servant of Isaiah.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007879-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Passover preparations, Jesus' prediction of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_predicts_his_betrayal" title="Jesus predicts his betrayal">betrayal</a> by one of the twelve Apostles, and his anticipated denial by Peter are recorded in this section. Matthew 26:24 is also notable for describing Judas' betrayal by echoing a phrase from <a href="/wiki/1_Enoch" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Enoch">1 Enoch</a> 38:2:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>Where then will be the dwelling of the sinners, And where the resting-place of those who have denied the Lord of Spirits? It had been good for them if they had not been born</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agony_in_the_garden_(26:36-46)"><span id="Agony_in_the_garden_.2826:36-46.29"></span>Agony in the garden (26:36-46)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Agony in the garden (26:36-46)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Papyrus_37_-_verso.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Papyrus_37_-_verso.jpg/220px-Papyrus_37_-_verso.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="352" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Papyrus_37_-_verso.jpg/330px-Papyrus_37_-_verso.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Papyrus_37_-_verso.jpg/440px-Papyrus_37_-_verso.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3400" data-file-height="5440" /></a><figcaption>Matthew 26:38-52 on the <i>verso</i> side of <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_37" title="Papyrus 37">Papyrus 37</a>, from ~ AD 260</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Agony_in_the_Garden" title="Agony in the Garden">Agony in the Garden</a></div> <p>Jesus seems to recoil from the impending crucifixion, but he fixes his course to the will of God and 'this overrides whatever feelings he has about death'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The submission to the divine will: "Thy will be done" (verse 42; also in verse 39), alludes to the <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Prayer" title="Lord's Prayer">Lord's Prayer</a>, as do the address "my Father" (verse 39) and the words "that you may not come into the time of trial" (KJV: "enter not into temptation"; verse 41).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The garden of <a href="/wiki/Gethsemane" title="Gethsemane">Gethsemane</a> is located on the <a href="/wiki/Mount_of_Olives" title="Mount of Olives">Mount of Olives</a>, where king <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a> once prayed for deliverance from a betrayer (<a href="/wiki/2_Samuel_15" title="2 Samuel 15">2 Samuel 15</a><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/2_Samuel#15:30" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel">:30–31</a>), and a suitable site for his descendant, <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, to utter an analogous prayer.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKeener1999634_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKeener1999634-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Betrayal_and_arrest_in_Gethsemane_(26:47–56)"><span id="Betrayal_and_arrest_in_Gethsemane_.2826:47.E2.80.9356.29"></span>Betrayal and arrest in Gethsemane (26:47–56)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Betrayal and arrest in Gethsemane (26:47–56)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Codex_Ephraemi_Mt_26,52-69.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Codex_Ephraemi_Mt_26%2C52-69.JPG/200px-Codex_Ephraemi_Mt_26%2C52-69.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Codex_Ephraemi_Mt_26%2C52-69.JPG/300px-Codex_Ephraemi_Mt_26%2C52-69.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Codex_Ephraemi_Mt_26%2C52-69.JPG/400px-Codex_Ephraemi_Mt_26%2C52-69.JPG 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="1205" /></a><figcaption>Matthew 26:52-69 on <a href="/wiki/Codex_Ephraemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Codex Ephraemi">Codex Ephraemi</a> (~ AD 450) in Tischendorf's facsimile edition (1843).</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Arrest_of_Jesus" title="Arrest of Jesus">Arrest of Jesus</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Live_by_the_sword,_die_by_the_sword" title="Live by the sword, die by the sword">Live by the sword, die by the sword</a></div> <p>The story of Jesus' arrest involves many people, pulling together 'several strands from previous sections', with Jewish leader plotting to take Jesus 'by stealth and avoid a riot (verse 4; cf. verse 16), Judas' betrayal as Jesus has foretold (verse 21, 25 and 45), the crowd of 'chief priests and the elders of the people (verses 3–5, 14–16) as well as Jesus' predictions of his sufferings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880–81_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880–81-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jesus_faces_the_Sanhedrin_(26:57–68)"><span id="Jesus_faces_the_Sanhedrin_.2826:57.E2.80.9368.29"></span>Jesus faces the Sanhedrin (26:57–68)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Jesus faces the Sanhedrin (26:57–68)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin_trial_of_Jesus" title="Sanhedrin trial of Jesus">Sanhedrin trial of Jesus</a></div> <p>The trial shows that Jesus is not a 'victim of tragic, impersonal circumstances' nor a 'casualty of the ordinary machinery of justice', but a target of attack by wicked people.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His enemies 'speak falsehoods (verse 59–60), accuse him of blasphemy (verse 65), condemn him to death (verse 66), viciously hit and mock him (verses 67–68)'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007880-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast, Jesus' identity becomes clear as the Messiah and Son of God, who builds the temple (cf. <a href="/wiki/2_Samuel_7:14" class="mw-redirect" title="2 Samuel 7:14">2 Samuel 7:14</a>), sits at God's right hand and 'the suffering servant of <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#50:6" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Isaiah">Isaiah 50:6</a> whose face is spat upon'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007881_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007881-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_66">Verse 66</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Verse 66"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>"What do you think?"</i> <dl><dd><i>They answered and said, "He is deserving of death".</i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a>, the answer reads "He is guilty of death",<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> guilt referring to the <a href="/wiki/Punishment" title="Punishment">punishment</a> due rather than the crime as in usual English usage.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Peter_denies_Jesus,_and_weeps_bitterly_(26:69–75)"><span id="Peter_denies_Jesus.2C_and_weeps_bitterly_.2826:69.E2.80.9375.29"></span>Peter denies Jesus, and weeps bitterly (26:69–75)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Peter denies Jesus, and weeps bitterly (26:69–75)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Denial_of_Peter" title="Denial of Peter">Denial of Peter</a></div> <p>In the early part of this chapter, Judas defects, then the disciples flee when Jesus was arrested, and now Peter, despite his promise (verse 35), denies that he knows Jesus, forming a 'climax of the disciples' failure'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This passage supplies an ironical balance, when Jesus' prophetic powers are mocked, while the literal fulfillment of his detailed prediction about Peter is precisely taking place.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another balance is in the trial, as Jesus and Peter both faces three sets of accusers: Jesus faces false witnesses in verse 60, the two witnesses in verses 61-62, Caiaphas verses 63-66, while Peter, not far away, verses 69-73, also faces three different persons confronting him about Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Gospel of Matthew does not idealize any disciples, but instead, 'presents them as completely human', just as the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>, "the bible of the Matthaean community at that time", does not hide the records of the sins of <a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a>, David or <a href="/wiki/Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Allison comments that "God can use ordinary people for his extraordinary purposes and, when they fall into sin, he can grant them forgiveness", and suggests that Matthew's readers would have interpreted the faults of Peter and other disciples as they would have interpreted the failings of Old Testament times.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllison2007882-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_week" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy week">Holy week</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty_pieces_of_silver" title="Thirty pieces of silver">Thirty pieces of silver</a></li> <li>Related <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> parts: <a href="/wiki/Psalm_41" title="Psalm 41">Psalm 41</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_14" title="Mark 14">Mark 14</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_7" title="Luke 7">Luke 7</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_22" title="Luke 22">Luke 22</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_12" title="John 12">John 12</a><a href="/wiki/John_13" title="John 13">, 13</a><a href="/wiki/John_18" title="John 18">, 18</a>; <a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians_11" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians 11">1 Corinthians 11</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_26&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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R., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/egt/matthew/26.htm">Expositor's Greek Testament: Matthew 26</a>, accessed 22 March 2021</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26:2&version=hcsb">Matthew 26:2</a> <a href="/wiki/Holman_Christian_Standard_Bible" title="Holman Christian Standard Bible">HCSB</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="/wiki/Morphology_(linguistics)" title="Morphology (linguistics)">morphology</a> in the Greek text analysis at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/text/matthew/26-2.htm">Matthew 26:2</a>, <i>BibleHub</i>, accessed on 28 August 2024</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">cf. "is betrayed" at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Matthew%2026:2&version=nrsv">Matthew 26:2}KJV</a> in the <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bengel, J. A. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_1" title="Category:Matthew 1">Matthew 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_2" title="Category:Matthew 2">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_3" title="Category:Matthew 3">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_4" title="Category:Matthew 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_5" title="Category:Matthew 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_6" title="Category:Matthew 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_7" title="Category:Matthew 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_8" title="Category:Matthew 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_9" title="Category:Matthew 9">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_10" title="Category:Matthew 10">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_11" title="Category:Matthew 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_12" title="Category:Matthew 12">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_14" title="Category:Matthew 14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_15" title="Category:Matthew 15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_16:2b%E2%80%933" title="Matthew 16:2b–3">16:2b–3</a>,<a href="/wiki/Matthew_16:19" title="Matthew 16:19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_27" title="Category:Matthew 27">27:1–12; 52–66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Matthew_28" title="Category:Matthew 28">28</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events<br />and phrases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">Jesus' birth</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem" title="Star of Bethlehem">Star of Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_Magi" title="Biblical Magi">Magi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight_into_Egypt" title="Flight into Egypt">Flight into Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents" title="Massacre of the Innocents">Massacre of the Innocents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_family_of_Jesus_to_Nazareth" title="Return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth">Return to Nazareth</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_heaven_(Gospel_of_Matthew)" title="Kingdom of heaven (Gospel of Matthew)">Kingdom of heaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptism_of_Jesus" title="Baptism of Jesus">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temptation_of_Christ" title="Temptation of Christ">Temptation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Return_of_Jesus_to_Galilee" title="Return of Jesus to Galilee">Galilean ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishers_of_men" title="Fishers of men">Fishers of men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecce_homo#Eastern_Christianity" title="Ecce homo">Behold the bridegroom</a></li> <li><a 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Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parable_of_the_Ten_Virgins" title="Parable of the Ten Virgins">Ten Virgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus" title="Anointing of Jesus">Anointing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Jesus" title="Passion of Jesus">Passion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empty_tomb" title="Empty tomb">Empty tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Commission" title="Great Commission">Great Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bethany" title="Bethany">Bethany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethsaida" title="Bethsaida">Bethsaida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capernaum" title="Capernaum">Capernaum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Q_source" title="Q source">Q source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M_source" title="M source">M source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Gospel of Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Textual variants in the Gospel of Matthew">Textual variants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustinian_hypothesis" title="Augustinian hypothesis">Augustinian hypothesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two-gospel_hypothesis" title="Two-gospel hypothesis">Two-gospel hypothesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthean_Posteriority_hypothesis" title="Matthean Posteriority hypothesis">Matthean Posteriority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genealogy_of_Jesus" title="Genealogy of Jesus">Genealogy of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Discourses_of_Matthew" title="Five Discourses of Matthew">Five Discourses of Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calling_of_Matthew" title="Calling of Matthew">Calling of Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_heaven_(Gospel_of_Matthew)" title="Kingdom of heaven (Gospel of Matthew)">Kingdom of heaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immanuel" title="Immanuel">Immanuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Pseudo-Matthew" title="Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew">Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbinical_translations_of_Matthew" title="Rabbinical translations of Matthew">Rabbinical translations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shem_Tob%27s_Hebrew_Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Shem Tob's Hebrew Gospel of Matthew">Shem Tob</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith%E2%80%93Matthew" title="Joseph Smith–Matthew">Joseph Smith–Matthew</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion" title="St Matthew Passion">St Matthew Passion</a></i> (Bach, 1727/29) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion_structure" title="St Matthew Passion structure">Structure</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_St._Matthew_(film)" title="The Gospel According to St. Matthew (film)">The Gospel According to St. Matthew</a></i> (1964 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godspell" title="Godspell">Godspell</a></i> (1971 musical)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godspell_(film)" title="Godspell (film)">Godspell</a></i> (1973 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Visual_Bible:_Matthew" title="The Visual Bible: Matthew">The Visual Bible: Matthew</a></i> (1993 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manuscripts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_1" title="Papyrus 1">Papyrus 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_4" title="Papyrus 4">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_19" title="Papyrus 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_21" title="Papyrus 21">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_25" title="Papyrus 25">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_35" title="Papyrus 35">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_37" title="Papyrus 37">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_44" title="Papyrus 44">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_45" title="Papyrus 45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_53" title="Papyrus 53">53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_62" title="Papyrus 62">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_70" title="Papyrus 70">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_71" title="Papyrus 71">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_73" title="Papyrus 73">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_77" title="Papyrus 77">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_83" title="Papyrus 83">83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_86" title="Papyrus 86">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_96" title="Papyrus 96">96</a></li> <li><a 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