Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Go ahead and sleep now, and get your rest. See, the time is near and the Son of man is [about to be] turned over into the hands of sinners.
Matthew 26:46 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Get up, let us be going. Look, the one who will turn me over [to the Jewish leaders] is nearby.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Get up, let us be going! See, My betrayer is at hand! American Standard Version (1901) Arise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that betrayeth me. Common English Bible Get up. Let’s go. Look, here comes my betrayer.” Catholic Public Domain Version Rise up; let us go. Behold, he who will betray me draws near." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Rise, let us go: behold he is at hand that will betray me. |
Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Go ahead and sleep now, and get your rest. See, the time is near and the Son of man is [about to be] turned over into the hands of sinners.
And while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve apostles, came with a large crowd who were carrying swords and clubs. They had come from the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] people.
Get up, let us be going. Look, the one who will turn me over [i.e., to the Jewish leaders] is nearby.”
But I have an immersion to experience [i.e., overwhelming suffering to undergo. See Mark 10:38-39], and what stress I am under until it happens!
And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover meal with you [men] before I suffer [i.e., torture and death].
But look, the hand of the one who is turning me over [i.e., to the Jewish leaders] is with me on the table [i.e., dipping his hand in the sauce bowl. See Matt. 26:23].
And it happened when the time came for Jesus to be taken up [to heaven] that He firmly determined to go to Jerusalem.
But, in order for the world to know that I love the Father, I am [always] doing what the Father commands me to. Let us get up, and leave here.” [i.e., leave the room where they had eaten the Passover meal. See 13:1 with 18:1].
Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved [i.e., probably the apostle John] following [along behind him]. This was the same disciple who had leaned over close to Jesus at the [Passover] meal and asked Him, “Lord, who is it that will turn you over [to the Jewish authorities]?”
[But] Paul answered, “What are you trying to do [by your] crying and breaking my heart [like this]? [Do you not know that] I am ready, not only to be chained up, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus?”